How the Gorgon gas plant could wipe out a year's worth of Australia's solar emissions savings

The combined greenhouse gas emissions saved by all of Australia's solar panels in a year could be wiped out because of technical problems at a single oil and gas project in Western Australia.

Australia's LNG production has jumped in recent years.

It is just one example of a broader problem facing the nation as it tackles the massive challenge of meeting its Paris Agreement commitment to reduce 2005 emissions by 26-28 per cent by 2030.

Chevron began operating its $US54 billion ($73 billion) Gorgon gas plant in the state's north-west in 2016.

Part of its environmental agreement was to capture and store underground 40 per cent of the plant's emissions through a sophisticated process known as geosequestration or carbon capture and storage.

Read the story by Kathryn Diss from ABC News - “How the Gorgon gas plant could wipe out a year's worth of Australia's solar emissions savings.”

(There’s a simple solution this, especially if the Australian Government has the courage to act - immediately cease all production from the well until Chevron can demonstrate, conclusively, that the carbon capture and storage (CCS) idea  can and does work without fail and with no foreseeable consequences - Robert McLean)