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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

The Guardian - AU

Trump nominates climate change sceptic Chris Wright as energy secretary

Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said ‘there is no climate crisis’ and champions fossil fuel production.

Al Jazeera

Donald Trump picks climate change sceptic Chris Wright as US energy secretary

Appointment of fracking chief follows Elon Musk and Robert F Kennedy being given top roles

Evening Standard

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Trump Nominates Fracking Magnate, Climate Skeptic Chris Wright As Energy Secretary

'There is no climate crisis,' Liberty Energy founder has declared

International Business Times

Republican Christi Craddick reelected to Railroad Commission, the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency

The three-member board oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. The agency has faced criticism over safety concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.

The Texas Tribune

US election 2024: The key issues driving votes in the swing states

We take a look at the major talking points in the battleground states and both candidates’ stance on them.

Al Jazeera

Republican Super PAC Robocalls Encourage Support For Green Party

Republican super PAC uses robocalls in Wisconsin to sway progressive voters from Kamala Harris to Jill Stein, citing Israel stance and fracking record.

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$Trump claims Pennsylvania has 500K fracking jobs - in reality, the figure is a tenth of that$

Trump claims Pennsylvania has 500K fracking jobs - in reality, the figure is a tenth of that

Researcher says ‘fracking is not a major driver of employment in Pennsylvania and Appalachia’

The Independent UK

$Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline$

Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline

Traditional owners, doctors and scientists have signed a letter calling on APA Group to end its plans to build a pipeline enabling gas fracking in the NT.

AAP

$‘I’m not voting for either’: fracking’s return stirs fury in Pennsylvania town whose water turned toxic$

‘I’m not voting for either’: fracking’s return stirs fury in Pennsylvania town whose water turned toxic

The small town of Dimock saw its water become brown, undrinkable, even flammable – and its residents are still feeling the effects

The Guardian - US

Million Dollar Homes With Oil Wells as Neighbors

As a planned community near the Rockies rises, so do concerns over a fracking operation that would stretch under the homes.

Capital & Main

Harris And Trump Battle For Pennsylvania Swing State Votes

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump campaign in Pennsylvania, focusing on energy industry and fracking in the battleground state.

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How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. The operation never returned to what it was before.

Texas Observer

How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team

Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gutted the unit soon after the fracking boom swept the state oil industry. The operation never returned to what it was before.

The Texas Tribune

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The Guardian - UK

Senior Tories may push for party to become pro-fracking

Calls grow for lifting of moratorium on onshore drilling in England to become policy under new leader

AAP

Unisuper members call for divestment in NT gas

Climate scientists and academics have called on UniSuper to uphold its climate commitments and denounce investment in the Beetaloo Basin.

Capital & Main

Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say.

With billions up for grabs and scores of air quality violations to its name, CNX tries to recast itself as a climate warrior.

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Oil And Gas Industry Leaders Skeptical Of VP Harris Stance

Oil and gas industry questions Vice President Harris' evolving stance on fracking, seeking clarity.

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Sen. Fetterman Dismisses Fracking Concerns In Pennsylvania Election

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman addresses fracking concerns and emphasizes the importance of substantive policy discussions in Pennsylvania.

AAP

'Gas cowboys' reined in by trigger-happy minister

The NT government has lambasted the federal environment minister for launching an inquiry into environmental impacts of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

International Business Times

Pennsylvania's Fracking Industry Plans To Continue, Whoever Wins White House

Pennsylvanians working in the controversial fracking industry are confident that the sector will endure, whoever wins the White House in November's presidential election.

AAP

Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory will be assessed by an independent group of scientists, amid concerns over any impact to water.

The Guardian - AU

Is the Beetaloo gas basin going to damage our water resources? Plibersek has asked experts to find out

The Greens and crossbenchers are urging Plibersek to use the expanded ‘water trigger’ powers but she has vowed to listen to ‘independent scientists’

International Business Times

Support For Trump, Questions For Harris In Pro-fracking Pennsylvania

For Pennsylvania farmer George Wherry, 85, fracking for natural gas under his otherwise bucolic fields means greater economic "freedom" -- one of the many reasons he'll be voting for Donald Trump in November.

The Independent UK

Joe Manchin praises Kamala Harris’s position on fracking in the debate

The cantankerous conservative independent senator tells The Independent he was ‘tickled to death’ by Harris’s response on fracking and energy

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