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Fracking company hits out at 'failed' legal challenges

A bid to stop a key fracking project has been dismissed as another "failed" attempt to deny economic and social benefits to a long-overlooked community.

AAP

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

The Guardian - AU

Oil companies win protections from Texas Legislature ahead of selling fracking water

At least four companies say they are prepared to treat the water well enough to be released into rivers in West Texas. Environmental groups say the state is moving too fast.

The Texas Tribune

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US oil firms pumping secret chemicals into ground and not fully reporting it

Study shows firms in Colorado, including Chevron, have pumped 30m lbs of chemicals in 18 months without meeting all disclosure rules

The Guardian - US

Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers

As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.

The Texas Tribune

Can Texas clean up fracking water enough to use for farming? One company thinks so.

The Texas Legislature has also invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable solution to the state’s water crisis.

The Texas Tribune

Fracking-Powered Crypto Mine in Pennsylvania Shuts Down Without Word to Regulators

State inspectors find site abandoned, raising concerns about pollution from unplugged wells across Appalachia.

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Australia urged to walk away from gas for renewables

Both major parties are going into an election promising to increase gas production, even though the majority of Australians want more renewables.

AAP

Gas Operator Fined $1.9 Million for Damaging Wetlands Is on Trump’s ‘Fast Track’ Approval List

Fracking operation is among more than 600 controversial projects the president wants to expedite to combat the nation's 'energy emergency'

Capital & Main

$Coca-Cola and Unilever among dozens of plastic brands tied to Texas fracking, investigation reveals$

Coca-Cola and Unilever among dozens of plastic brands tied to Texas fracking, investigation reveals

More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.

Euronews

The Little Town That Stood Up to Big Oil

How one Pennsylvania community pushed the fracking industry away from their homes and schools, even as statewide efforts have stalled.

Capital & Main

$We aren’t fracking in North Yorkshire$

We aren’t fracking in North Yorkshire

Letter: William Holland responds to a letter that said that his company, Europa Oil & Gas, was submitting an application for fracking operations

The Guardian - UK

$You thought fracking was banned in the UK? Think again$

You thought fracking was banned in the UK? Think again

Letter: The government should act to prevent fracking close to one of Britain’s national parks, writes Alan Robertshaw

The Guardian - UK

Large earthquake strikes West Texas, among strongest ever in state

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

The Texas Tribune

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The Independent UK

Huge gas field found under Lincolnshire ‘could fuel UK for decade’

Discovery could boost UK economy by £100bn, but gas would need to be extracted by fracking

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Colorado Fracking CEO Outlines Energy Priorities For Trump Administration

Chris Wright, nominated by Trump for DOE, outlines plans to boost energy production and streamline permitting.

The Independent UK

Fracking ‘plausible’ trigger for swarm of earthquakes near Gatwick

Hundreds of people reported the tremors that took place over two years in villages in Surrey and Sussex

The Texas Tribune

Growing oil industry support for methane reduction rule could help it survive Trump’s return

Texas regulators are taking public comment about how they should implement an EPA rule to reduce methane leaks from the oil and gas industry.

AAP

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

Lock the Gate Alliance has launched the first legal challenge to fracking under the water trigger in Australia's national environment laws.

MarketBeat

Atlas Energy Solutions: A New Star in the SmallCap 600 Index

Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (NYSE: AES) is North America’s largest proppant producer used in hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" for oil and gas extraction.

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory

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