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The WA Environment Protection Authority said South Korean company POSCO’s plan to use the potent greenhouse gas methane to make green iron was justified because it would reduce global emissions compared to a scenario where the same iron ore was sent to Asia to be cooked with coking coal in a blast furnace. The decision to take a “global” view of project emissions was welcomed by decarbonisation advocates. Read more

Highlights Australia’s Federal Senate Disinformation inquiry ARENA award to Calix $45m Allegra Spender Productivity and Tax Roundtable Lowlights Lithium Hydroxide Refinery Write-off by IGO Main Story The Race to 82% Renewables AEMO’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics 2QCY2025 Methane gas generation plays an important but small and progressively declining role 25% upscaling of the CIS Big BESS News What’s coming up? CEF hoping Minister Bowen will go the top end of the CCA’s 65-75% reduction target. Australia is yet to win the presidency of #COP31, if we do, that will be a key priority for CEF’s Caroline Wang over the coming 15 months. Read more