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Can environmental violations define oil and gas companies as bad actors? A judgment awaits

PITTSBURGH — On the evening of July 19, when Allegheny County Council met to override Rich Fitzgerald’s veto of a fracking ban in county parks, council members were shown a black-and-white video of natural gas rushing from a well in Boyce Park.

Tribune News Service

$Beetaloo Basin stakeholders in the dark over Senate inquiry's final report examining fracking$

Beetaloo Basin stakeholders in the dark over Senate inquiry's final report examining fracking

The outcome of a Senate inquiry into a Northern Territory gas field is uncertain following months-long delays and the commencement of a new federal parliament.

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Federal government suspends new drilling and fracking leases on public lands in Central California

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday that the state has reached a settlement with the federal government to halt new oil and gas leases on public lands in Central California until the potential risks to public health and the environment are adequately assessed.

Los Angeles Times

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Fracking watchdog says NT still lacking federal government commitment on Beetaloo Basin emissions promise

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets.

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Factcheck: why fracking in UK will not reduce your energy bills

Experts say it would take years to begin shale gas production and it is far less accessible than once thought

The Guardian - UK

Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

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Environmental groups step up push for WA fracking ban as Theia Energy pulls pin on Kimberley project check

An environmental assessment of a fracking project in the Kimberley has been terminated by its backers amid a lack of government guidance on how the wells should operate.

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Fracker stops NT cattle station road work

A gas fracking company will scale back exploration work at a Northern Territory cattle station amid a legal battle to stop it accessing the property.

AAP

Fracking firms could share in UK fossil fuel tax breaks worth billions

Exclusive: Campaigners say funding may provide incentive to restart fracking if moratorium is lifted

The Guardian - UK

Will Bunch: The planet’s alarm clock is blaring but Pa. politicians hit the snooze button

A defining feature of American politics in the 21st century is the ability to be both shocked and unsurprised at the same time. That was certainly how it felt last month when I ventured out to the Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to hear many of the Republican…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

$NT pastoralist takes Sweetpea Petroleum to Supreme Court over fracking exploration access agreement$

NT pastoralist takes Sweetpea Petroleum to Supreme Court over fracking exploration access agreement

Northern Territory laws allow gas companies to enter cattle stations to explore, even if the leaseholders oppose it. One cattle station is fighting that in the Supreme Court.

ABC News

$Pastoralist fights gas fracker access$

Pastoralist fights gas fracker access

The Northern Territory Supreme Court is hearing a cattle station owner's appeal against a decision giving a gas explorer access to its Beetaloo Basin property.

AAP

Why BofA Believes It's A Good Time To Buy ProFrac

ProFrac Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: PFHC) is well-positioned to benefit from a material rise in fracking profitability through year end and into 2023.

Benzinga

Analysis: Colombia's extractive industries watching election warily

Colombia's leftist firebrand presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is too close in recent polls for the comfort of oil companies and miners who worry that his promised policies would imperil Colombia's economy and energy self-sufficiency, high-ranking industry figures and business associations said.

Reuters

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9th Circuit Court blocks permits for fracking off California coast

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked fracking off the California coast, ruling that the federal government must complete a full environmental review before approving permits for such offshore oil drilling platforms.

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What do Labor's climate policies mean for the gas-led recovery and the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin?

We answer your questions by looking at where Scott Morrison's gas-fired recovery was supposed to start, in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

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Sweetpea gas company begins fracking exploration on Beetaloo Basin station

A gas company has accessed a Northern Territory cattle station to begin exploration, against the wishes of pastoralists and some traditional owners.

The Guardian - AU

Pastoralist company to join forces with Beetaloo Basin traditional owners to resist gas exploration

Rallen has steadfastly opposes fracking on its land amid fossil fuel firm’s ‘unprecedented’ legal action to force access

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Pro-fracking group Back Beetaloo takes aim at Ravazzotti family pastoralists with banner

The organisation Back Beetaloo has been reprimanded by the AEC and accused of "astroturfing" by a digital media expert.

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NT government bureaucrat warns fully implementing fracking recommendation 9.8 could scare off gas industry in confidential email

Confidential correspondence obtained by the ABC shows a key environmental bureaucrat warning that fully implementing a commitment to offset all emissions from fracking the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin could face significant challenges.

The Guardian - US

US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster

140bn metric tons of planet-heating gases could be unleashed if fossil fuel extraction plans get green light, analysis shows

ABC News

Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

The Conversation

Fracking review suggests UK has softened precautionary principle since leaving EU – here's why it matters

The UK government recently conceded that the reasons for its 2019 ban on hydraulic fracturing “have not gone away,” and there is “no compelling evidence” to support rethinking it. Better known as fracking, this industrial process injects millions of gallons of water underground at high pressure to release fossil gas…

Reuters

Violence against activists grows as Colombia's pilot fracking projects progress

Colombia's anti-fracking activists are facing increased threats and violence as two investigative pilot projects to extract oil and gas from unconventional fields move forward, five campaigners said, with some forced to flee in fear for their lives.

ABC News

NT government referred to ICAC over its handling of fracking research contract in Beetaloo Basin

Darwin researchers believed they would be awarded a contract to study prawn-like species in a major Northern Territory gas field earmarked for fracking. A government decision not to do so has now been referred to ICAC.

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