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Fracking closer after release of Beetaloo report

A new report on the Beetaloo Basin has been released by the NT government to satisfy an inquiry's recommendations, potentially paving the way for gas fracking.

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‘It made me wish I had made more records’: Natalie Merchant on returning to music after losing her voice

Emergency surgery on her spine led to months of enforced silence for the former 10,000 Maniacs singer-songwriter. But rather than take it easy, she’s been raising her teenage daughter, campaigning against fracking and has a new album out

The Guardian - UK

With a New Pennsylvania Governor, Lawmakers Push to Move Drilling Sites From Communities

Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.

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NT government should charge fracking companies more for groundwater use, economists say

Fracking companies will soon be charged a flat $3,000 fee for taking groundwater, but water economists say that's too cheap.

ABC News

Companies that frack for oil and gas can keep a lot of information secret – but what they disclose shows widespread use of hazardous chemicals

From rural Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, more than 17 million Americans live within a mile of at least one oil or gas well. Since 2014, most new oil and gas wells have been fracked.

The Conversation

Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

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Thousands of pounds of “forever chemicals” have been injected into Texas oil and gas wells, study finds

A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health

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$Report warned Indigenous communities may struggle to benefit from fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin$

Report warned Indigenous communities may struggle to benefit from fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin

An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

ABC News

Texas youth organizers take aim at the biggest oil field in the US

Proposed El Paso climate charter seeks to prohibit use of city water for extraction projects including those in Permian Basin

The Guardian - US

‘We don’t feel safe’: US community in shock after record methane leak

A billion cubic feet of the potent greenhouse gas were spewed into atmosphere in rural Pennsylvania amid state’s fracking boom

The Guardian - UK

Northern Territory government denies Beetaloo Basin gas plans in doubt despite no federal support for offsets

No federal support is on the table for Territory Labor's promise to ensure that all Beetaloo Basin emissions are offset, as the territory cabinet weighs its decision on whether to allow full-scale fracking to go ahead.

ABC News

Chris Bowen 'not proposing' federal funding to help with NT government promise to offset Beetaloo emissions

The Northern Territory government is seeking to downplay growing doubts about how it will ensure all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin are offset, with the federal government appearing to rule out providing any dedicated support.

ABC News

Rogue Pro-Fracking Site Used A Pic Of A NT Elder Long-Time Fracking Critic Without Consent

"It makes me feel that people might be looking at it and thinking that I support fracking."

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$Beetaloo Economic Alliance website uses 'astroturfing' strategies, anti-fracking group claims$

Beetaloo Economic Alliance website uses 'astroturfing' strategies, anti-fracking group claims

Ray Dimakarri Dixon has been a long-time critic of fracking in the NT's Beetaloo basin. So it was with surprise that the Mudburra elder learned his image was being used without permission on a website advocating the development of the gas-rich region.

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The Guardian - AU

Environmentalists accuse Beetaloo Basin pro-fracking website of astroturfing

Mudburra elder Ray Dimakarri Dixon says he was shocked to discover site using his image to support fracking, which he is campaigning against

AAP

Listening to voices on fracking 'difficult': council

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has grilled Aboriginal land council figures about fracking, suggesting traditional owners' opinions were being ignored.

ABC News

CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions

An emissions integrity expert is calling for a review of a report on offsetting carbon pollution from fracking the Beetaloo Basin, declaring "something has gone wrong" at Australia's peak scientific agency.

ABC News

Offsetting Beetaloo Basin emissions would require unproven CCS technology, off-limits international credits, CSIRO finds

The researchers were tasked with determining how — and if — the Northern Territory government's promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin could be achieved.

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Anti-fracking group launches Supreme Court action against the NT government's approval of Beetaloo Basin exploration plan

The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance will argue the Northern Territory's Environment Minister failed to consider the full environmental impacts of new exploration works in the Beetaloo Basin.

AAP

Activists launch legal challenge to Beetaloo fracking

Activists in Central Australia will ask the Supreme Court to review the NT government's decision to approve fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory faces legal challenge over approval of Tamboran drilling and fracking in Beetaloo basin

Central Australian Frack Free Alliance argues NT environment minister failed to properly consider Tamboran project’s impact

Daily Mirror

Blackpool hit by earthquake that sounded like rattling train with furniture shaking

Residents in the seaside resort and nearby villages described seeing furniture shake and hearing a noise like a train as the town was hit by a tremor measuring 1.5 on the Richter scale

Nottingham Post

Ed Miliband says local energy firms could be positive step despite Robin Hood collapse

The shadow climate change secretary was on a visit to Nottinghamshire when he questioned why there couldn't be companies such as "Mansfield Energy" set up in future.

ABC News

Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

Capital & Main

In Pennsylvania, Hopes Rise But Questions Remain About New Governor’s Environmental Agenda

Josh Shapiro has revealed little about his policy proposals.

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