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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Facts take a backseat in CSIRO fracking fact sheets partly funded by the gas industry

Empire Energy's Carpentaria-1 exploration well at its Beetaloo Basin gas site
The CSIRO produced fact sheets about fracking for natural gas which underplay the role of methane in global heating. Photograph: Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

Gas companies have their eyes on the Northern Territory where they hope to frack their way to – in the words of the federal government – a “world-class gas province”.

This week, one executive claimed the territory’s Beetaloo Basin held “Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity” – a claim swiftly ridiculed by climate groups.

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