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Australia OKs emissions increases for Virgin, BHP Billiton

Published 09:46 on November 3, 2017  /  Last updated at 10:47 on November 3, 2017  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week published new benchmarks under the Safeguard Mechanism, allowing airline Virgin and two BHP Billiton projects to increase their emissions while capping CO2 from Chevron’s new Gorgon LNG plant at 8.3 million tonnes.
Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week published new benchmarks under the Safeguard Mechanism, allowing airline Virgin and two BHP Billiton projects to increase their emissions while capping CO2 from Chevron’s new Gorgon LNG plant at 8.3 million tonnes.


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