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Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory

The Guardian - AU

Unisuper members call for divestment in NT gas

Climate scientists and academics have called on UniSuper to uphold its climate commitments and denounce investment in the Beetaloo Basin.

AAP

'Gas cowboys' reined in by trigger-happy minister

The NT government has lambasted the federal environment minister for launching an inquiry into environmental impacts of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory will be assessed by an independent group of scientists, amid concerns over any impact to water.

AAP

Is the Beetaloo gas basin going to damage our water resources? Plibersek has asked experts to find out

The Greens and crossbenchers are urging Plibersek to use the expanded ‘water trigger’ powers but she has vowed to listen to ‘independent scientists’

The Guardian - AU

Pressure mounts on Tanya Plibersek to assess water impacts of NT Beetaloo Basin fracking project

NT government’s environmental management plan approval of Tamboran gas development spurs calls for federal minister to step in

The Guardian - AU

Great fracking day: territory inks mega gas deal

The NT will buy gas fracked from the Beetaloo basin in a nine-year deal the government claims will boost the territory's economy and ensure cheaper power bills.

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NT government deal to buy Beetaloo Basin gas from US company labelled ‘carbon bomb’

Climate groups criticise nine-year agreement with Tamboran Resources, while chief minister says it will provide ‘competitively priced gas’ for the territory

The Guardian - AU

Beetaloo 'massive sinkhole' for taxpayers, investors

A vast source of onshore gas up for development could waste billions of taxpayer and investor dollars by being unable to compete with a "glut" of foreign LNG.

Newcastle Herald

Beetaloo 'massive sinkhole' for taxpayers, investors

A vast source of onshore gas up for development could waste billions of taxpayer and investor dollars by being unable to compete with a "glut" of foreign LNG.

AAP

The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.

The Conversation

Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Independent modelling suggests governments have underestimated emissions from the Northern Territory's proposed Beetaloo Basin project and a Darwin Harbour hub.

AAP

Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds

Climate Analytics says onshore emissions of proposed fracking understated by up to 84% in ‘a rosy picture that simply doesn’t reflect reality’

The Guardian - AU

$Methane bubbles in groundwater cast doubts over Beetaloo basin fracking approval, scientists say$

Methane bubbles in groundwater cast doubts over Beetaloo basin fracking approval, scientists say

Experts warn the NT government has ‘significant and critical gaps in the knowledge base underpinning fracking approvals’

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The Guardian - AU

‘Water is life’: Indigenous musicians take Beetaloo basin anti-fracking message to Canberra

Stuart Nuggett and Ray Dimakarri Dixon perform for MPs and call for government’s water trigger to be expanded this year

The Guardian - AU

Senate to investigate controversial Middle Arm development amid calls for ‘closer scrutiny’

Move follows revelations Albanese government knew project was seen as ‘key enabler’ for gas export despite being branded a ‘sustainable development precinct’

The Guardian - AU

Pocock claims Labor adopting Coalition’s ‘gas-led recovery’ – as it happened

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Labor under fire from crossbench over $1.5bn stake in Middle Arm industrial precinct

Zali Steggall and David Pocock take aim at government over support of development on Darwin habour which will benefit gas industry

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The Guardian - AU

‘We need help’: traditional owners accuse land council of ‘facilitating fracking’

Exclusive: Traditional owners in the Beetaloo basin say they are not being effectively represented in the battle against a major gas industry expansion. The Northern Land Council denies the claim

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: jobseeker course criticised; Stan Grant’s Q&A farewell; Beetaloo’s climate risk

Jobseekers advised to use ChatGPT for applications; Stan Grant leaves ABC with warning to media; documents reveal problem with gas production plan

The Guardian - AU

NT government accused of lying about meeting climate condition before it greenlit ‘carbon bomb’ Beetaloo fracking

Advocates claim new documents are proof the NT government lied when it claimed it had met all climate risk conditions for the massive new gas project

ABC News

Fyles accosted by anti-fracking protesters while competing in West Macs Monster

Police were called after dozens of protesters stormed the finish line in protest of the NT government's green-lighting of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News

Climate Change Minister says jurisdictions outside NT will help offset Beetaloo gas fracking emissions

The federal Climate Change Minister indicates other states and territories may be called upon to help the government meet Recommendation 9.8 of the NT's Pepper Inquiry, ensuring no net increase in carbon emissions.

The Guardian - AU

Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm development is key to huge fossil fuel projects, documents show

Exclusive: Middle Arm has been sold as ‘sustainable’ but papers reveal the Albanese government was briefed on the project’s links to new fossil fuel developments, including fracking in the Beetaloo basin

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Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people

The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.

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