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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

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

A road train passes the turnoff to Beetaloo Station on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory
Analysis suggests full production in the Beetaloo basin would create a “carbon bomb” of emissions. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

New documents reveal the Northern Territory government knew it could not meet a key recommendation to reduce the climate risk of its planned massive expansion of gas production, and asked the Albanese government for help.

Federal climate change officials in turn admitted Australia did not have any existing policies that would meet the recommendation in full.

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