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CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions

The report found emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin could be offset, if a number of challenges can be overcome. (ABC News)

The CSIRO is defending a report on the prospect of offsetting massive new greenhouse gas emissions from developing the Beetaloo Basin, in the face of calls for the findings to be reviewed or thrown out.

The report, which was published on Friday, found it would be technically possible to offset emissions from developing the basin south-east of Darwin, but only if a number of challenges were overcome.

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