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Woman protests as fracking rig heads for Beetaloo Basin

A big drilling rig is on its way to the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory as protests are held against the operation.

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$Land clearing and fracking in Australia's Northern Territory threatens the world's largest intact tropical savanna$

Land clearing and fracking in Australia's Northern Territory threatens the world's largest intact tropical savanna

The Northern Territory government’s plan to turn 100,000 hectares over to large-scale crops such as cotton and its support for onshore gas extraction is threatening the world’s largest intact tropical savanna.

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DUP MP Sammy Wilson named as member of UK climate-sceptic 'Net Zero Scrutiny Group'

The group asked Boris Johnson to end environmental levies on household energy and end the ban on fracking

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Morning Mail: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing, Indigenous plea on fracking, Ashes Test a thriller

Search for missing Titanic tourist sub with five on board; Northern Territory community in desperate fight to stop gas expansion

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

Origin Energy surrenders 10 controversial gas tenements in Queensland’s channel country

Company gives up 10 of its 11 leases in the area amid concern about potential impacts of fracking

The Guardian - AU

Does Oil and Gas Production Consume Too Much Water?

With water use growing, arid Western states are asking for new regulations.

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NT government delays carbon emissions report as scientists warn of rising gas project emissions

The Northern Territory government is accused of hiding a report forecasting future emissions to cover up a "very sorry tale" of further increases.

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

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

The Guardian - AU

$Pastoralists and traditional owners in fear of fracking$

Pastoralists and traditional owners in fear of fracking

Traditional owners and Rallen Australia, which owns cattle stations in the Beetaloo, are worried a mining company is breaching its own environmental plan.

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

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

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

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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

$Pastoralists divided on gas industry, as NT government clears fracking in Beetaloo Basin$

Pastoralists divided on gas industry, as NT government clears fracking in Beetaloo Basin

Pastoralists are divided on the costs and benefits of the gas industry as the Northern Territory opens the door to fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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MP Marion Scrymgour calls for hold on Beetaloo Basin approvals over fracking risks

The Federal Member for Lingiari claims a key recommendation around water use has not been implemented despite plans to allow fracking in the region, and it has left traditional owners, environmentalists and pastoralists with serious concerns.

ABC News

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.

Daily Mirror

9 times flip-flopping Rishi Sunak broke his promises - from NHS waiting lists to taxes

The PM has become notorious for chucking promises made to voters as he has whacked up taxes, failed to cut record hospital waiting lists and ditched a Brexit pledge to scrap EU laws

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Tamboran Resources welcomes Beetaloo Basin fracking approval, as Northern Territory locals raise concerns over groundwater use

A US gas company with the biggest stake in the Beetaloo Basin has welcomed the approval of a full-scale fracking industry, while some locals say they are "devastated".

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The Guardian - AU

NT government accused of failing to address climate risks before approving Beetaloo Basin gas project

Letter from panel member of fracking inquiry says key recommendations have not been fully implemented

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Fracking regulator disputes NT government's claim it met all Pepper Inquiry promises

The independent regulator has disputed the NT government's claim that is met all the conditions to allow fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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The NT government has green-lit fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. What does it mean?

The Northern Territory government says fracking can begin in the Beetaloo Basin, opening up the region to the gas industry and increasing Australia's future greenhouse gas emissions profile.

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NT gives green light to Beetaloo basin fracking

The Northern Territory government says it has strengthened environmental protections, allowing for the start of fracking projects in the region.

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory clears way for fracking to begin in Beetaloo Basin

Environmental groups and scientists say move will have an unacceptable impact on the climate and have called for ban

ABC News

NT government announces fracking in the Beetaloo Basin can go ahead

The government says all recommendations from a 2018 inquiry into fracking have been met, and oil and gas companies will be able to start applying to frack in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Scientists send joint letter to NT government calling for ban on fracking in Beetaloo Basin

The NT government is poised to make a final decision on whether it will green-light fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, but nearly 100 scientists have called for a fracking ban in the region, saying the costs to the community could be "enormous".

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