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Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution

Final testing being done in project to give North Yorkshire site new life as source of geothermal energy

The Guardian - UK

The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

Even as Australia braces for a summer of projected extreme heatwaves and bushfires amid the intensifying climate crisis, the fossil gas industry is gearing up for a truly enormous new fracking project in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.

The Conversation

Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Independent modelling suggests governments have underestimated emissions from the Northern Territory's proposed Beetaloo Basin project and a Darwin Harbour hub.

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Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds

Climate Analytics says onshore emissions of proposed fracking understated by up to 84% in ‘a rosy picture that simply doesn’t reflect reality’

The Guardian - AU

Methane bubbles in groundwater cast doubts over Beetaloo basin fracking approval, scientists say

Experts warn the NT government has ‘significant and critical gaps in the knowledge base underpinning fracking approvals’

The Guardian - AU

‘Vaca Muerta was the future’: Argentina goes all in on fracking

It promised wealth and energy self-sufficiency but Vaca Muerta’s vast shale fields have left locals in poverty, harm the environment and stall progress on renewables, critics say

The Guardian - UK

Delayed environment laws spark calls for urgent government action on water and fracking

Minister Tanya Plibersek should strengthen ‘trigger’ protection to ensure projects are assessed for impact on water resources

The Guardian - AU

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Parliament asked to back green rules on gas projects

Crossbenchers have asked federal parliament to better regulate major gas projects to protect Australian water resources.

AAP

Rishi Sunak’s Commons majority in peril as 60 Tories join Liz Truss group

Growth Group now same size as government’s majority, as it urges PM to cut taxes and resume fracking

The Guardian - UK

$Go further on housebuilding and lift fracking ban to restore Tory values – Truss$

Go further on housebuilding and lift fracking ban to restore Tory values – Truss

The former prime minister is to deliver a speech on the fringes of the Conservative conference in Manchester.

The Independent UK

$‘Water is life’: Indigenous musicians take Beetaloo basin anti-fracking message to Canberra$

‘Water is life’: Indigenous musicians take Beetaloo basin anti-fracking message to Canberra

Stuart Nuggett and Ray Dimakarri Dixon perform for MPs and call for government’s water trigger to be expanded this year

The Guardian - AU

How Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and Their Allies Use ‘Zombie’ Bills and Exploit Loopholes to Avoid Climate Action

In Texas, a new tax break program full of loopholes has led critics to warn that it will be exploited by major fossil fuel producers.

Capital & Main

$Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars$

Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars

Farris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projects

The Guardian - US

Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects, report finds

Recent studies from the US have seen evidence for health harms from oil and gas projects grow ‘substantially stronger’, experts say

The Guardian - AU

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The Conversation

Health evidence against gas and oil is piling up, as governments turn a blind eye

We are seeing deadly heat and fires circle the world. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns we are fast running out of time to secure a liveable and sustainable future. Without emergency action to stop mining and burning fossil fuels, the world faces an unthinkable 2.8℃ temperature rise.

Capital & Main

Pennsylvania Residents Call for Action After Study Links Fracking to Asthma and Lymphoma

Residents and scientists had called for research on health risks for years, while industry campaign denied links.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ environmental agency enables companies to increase oilfield wastewater disposal in rivers

Researchers are still studying the chemical makeup of “produced water” from Permian Basin oil fields. But regulators say they’re ready to issue permits to discharge the water into rivers and creeks.

The Independent UK

A study of fracking's links to health issues will be released by Pennsylvania researchers

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are preparing to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes

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The Guardian - AU

Pocock claims Labor adopting Coalition’s ‘gas-led recovery’ – as it happened

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NT chief minister accuses ‘teals and trolls’ of trying to shut down Middle Arm development

Natasha Fyles tells National Press Club that Northern Territory is ‘not for turning’ on the project

AAP

Woman protests as fracking rig heads for Beetaloo Basin

A big drilling rig is on its way to the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory as protests are held against the operation.

The Conversation

Land clearing and fracking in Australia's Northern Territory threatens the world's largest intact tropical savanna

The Northern Territory government’s plan to turn 100,000 hectares over to large-scale crops such as cotton and its support for onshore gas extraction is threatening the world’s largest intact tropical savanna.

Belfast Live

DUP MP Sammy Wilson named as member of UK climate-sceptic 'Net Zero Scrutiny Group'

The group asked Boris Johnson to end environmental levies on household energy and end the ban on fracking

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Titanic tourist submarine goes missing, Indigenous plea on fracking, Ashes Test a thriller

Search for missing Titanic tourist sub with five on board; Northern Territory community in desperate fight to stop gas expansion

The Guardian - AU

‘We need help’: traditional owners accuse land council of ‘facilitating fracking’

Exclusive: Traditional owners in the Beetaloo basin say they are not being effectively represented in the battle against a major gas industry expansion. The Northern Land Council denies the claim

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