The Latest Breaking News from Fracking

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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