‘Upfront,credible and honest’:Woodside boss spruiks climate plan ahead of crucial AGM

‘Upfront,credible and honest’:Woodside boss spruiks climate plan ahead of crucial AGM

Meg O’Neill says the energy major is working to reduce its emissions but warns it’s not going to be easy or cheap.

  • byPeter Milne

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Goyder appeals to Woodside shareholders to back climate plan

Goyder appeals to Woodside shareholders to back climate plan

Woodside chair Richard Goyder has written a last-minute letter to investors ahead of a vote next week on his own position and the company’s plans for climate change.

  • byPeter Milne andNick Toscano
Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Pumped hydro projects are at risk of missing out on contracts under the federal government’s green energy financing scheme,despite warnings they are critically needed.

  • byNick Toscano
Shares crash over building delays and cost blowout at troubled WA gas plant

Shares crash over building delays and cost blowout at troubled WA gas plant

Beach Energy shares plummeted in early trading on Monday,with its chief executive conceding extreme disappointment over quality issues in the late-stage WA project.

  • byPeter Milne
LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

East coast gas producers will avoid facing unprecedented orders to break export contracts and redirect supplies to Australian buyers this winter.

  • byNick Toscano
After years of promises on climate change,oil giants are backtracking

After years of promises on climate change,oil giants are backtracking

Fossil fuel majors are choosing profits over plans to bring a clean future closer.

  • byNick O'Malley
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Beach Energy to slash almost a third of its staff in cost-cutting push

Beach Energy to slash almost a third of its staff in cost-cutting push

The Kerry Stokes-backed oil and gas producer will lay off 30 per cent of its workforce and overhaul its executive leadership team in a bid turn the company around.

  • byNick Toscano
Australia’s fossil fuel giants set to take multibillion-dollar hit

Australia’s fossil fuel giants set to take multibillion-dollar hit

Australia’s gas and coal exporters face a tricky next five years with prices expected to keep tumbling.

  • byNick Toscano
How Sydneysiders could save $730 a year by ditching gas

How Sydneysiders could save $730 a year by ditching gas

NSW residents could save $1.1 billion and the equivalent of 1 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year by swapping gas for electricity.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

Greens threaten Labor’s fuel rules over gas project push

A controversial reform to offshore gas project assessments,which was expected to be debated in the Senate this week,has been paused.

  • byMike Foley
Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Time is running out to avert gas shortfalls and price spikes in Australia’s south-east as local production of the fossil fuel plummets faster than demand.

  • byNick Toscano