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Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company

$Calls for ‘urgent’ investigation into lobbying activities of fracking advocate and gas company$

Lidia Thorpe, David Pocock and the Greens demand action after Good Advice and Empire Energy allegedly offered private deals to traditional owners to smooth the way for gas sales

Morning Mail: Iran hits US base, leaked files reveal fracking influence claims, call for teenage YouTube ban

$Morning Mail: Iran hits US base, leaked files reveal fracking influence claims, call for teenage YouTube ban$

Tehran hails ‘success’ but US dismisses attack on Qatar air base as ‘symbolic’; Guardian Australia investigation reveals role of consulting company in Northern Territory

How an obscure consultancy firm is helping fracking companies influence traditional owners

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Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

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

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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'

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’.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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