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Peter Milne

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Covers:  Energy, industry and climate in Western Australia including LNG, hydrogen, emissions, safety and industrial relations.
I cover energy, industry and climate in WA. Independent and informed news and analysis as WA tackles climate change and the energy transition.

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Peter Milne’s Biography

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I write about the energy, industry and climate in Western Australia at my news site Boiling Cold.
I have written for The West Australian, Australian Energy Daily, Energy News Bulletin and The Saturday Paper.
Before journalism, I worked in oil and gas for over 20 years in commercial, economic analysis and engineering roles on LNG, domestic gas and pipeline projects in Australia and overseas.

Peter Milne’s Journalist Portfolio

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Chevron pays $866m to ATO over loans dispute

Chevron pays $866m to ATO over loans dispute

Chevron has paid the Australian Taxation Office $US654 million ($866 million) under a partial settlement of i…

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$8b cost blowout and output delays for Ichthys

$8b cost blowout and output delays for Ichthys

Inpex's Ichthys LNG project will cost $53 billion, $8 billion more than planned, and may not see substantial …

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Twiggy's 'third force' FMG still strong 10 years on

Twiggy's 'third force' FMG still strong 10 years on

Andrew Forrest yesterday celebrated a decade of shipping Pilbara iron ore to China - and started looking to a…

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EPA to probe Gorgon's $2.5b LNG emissions storage delay

EPA to probe Gorgon's $2.5b LNG emissions storage delay

The McGowan Government has ordered an inquiry into the delayed emissions storage system of the Gorgon LNG pro…

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Buru keen to explore for oil around Ungani

Buru keen to explore for oil around Ungani

Canning Basin oil producer Buru Energy wants to partner up for oil exploration a year in the wake of its join…

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Labor split over end of live sheep trade

Labor split over end of live sheep trade

Premier Mark McGowan has split from Federal Labor over its plan to end live sheep exports, saying many West A…

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Rio Tinto moves Winu copper mine forward with public environmental review

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By Peter Milne Verified
| boilingcold.com.au
Rio Tinto has lodged its detailed proposal to develop the Winu copper deposit in the Pilbara, discovered in 2017, with the WA Environmental Protection Authority. The proposed copper and gold mine is a below-the-water-table open pit that will connect to the Great Northern Highway via an 183-kilometre-long access road, over which concentrate will be trucked out for export.
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Australian Renewable Energy Hub's $50b plan shrinks and drops hydrogen Original

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By Peter Milne Verified
| boilingcold.com.au
Australia's largest renewable energy project has been nearly halved, and the clean electricity will no longer be used to produce ammonia from green hydrogen. The Australian Renewable Energy Hub was to incorporate 26 gigawatts of wind and solar power generation over 6,500 square kilometres of WA's North West to make 10 million tonnes of green ammonia a year, at a cost of about $50 billion.
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Woodside tips in cash as Labor fights to get its employee into parliament

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By Peter Milne Verified
| boilingcold.com.au
ANALYSIS Oil and gas giant Woodside's $12,100 donation to WA Labor last week is part of a $1.2 million torrent of corporate cash flowing in since May as the party fights to see off One Nation in the formerly safe seat of Secret Harbour. Many big names in corporate WA feature among the top donors, but a company few have heard of leads the pack.
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What does it mean to be a journalist?

Tell a story that makes the reader feel smarter.

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Feedly and Twitter for keeping up to date, a Sony voice recorder, advanced Google searches, Evernote and Trint for transcription.

Why did you become a journalist?

I like to understand and explain what is normally unnoticed.