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Lloyd Jones

Call to ditch energy hub to save herb from extinction

A small endangered plant could stall development of a gas and petrochemical hub near Darwin. (HANDOUT/ENVIRONMENT CENTRE NT)

A little-known plant only found on a tropical peninsula could go extinct if a planned gas and petrochemical hub goes ahead, an environment group says.

Documents leaked to the Environment Centre NT show the Middle Arm project on Darwin Harbour would destroy 86 per cent of the endangered plant's remaining population.

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