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Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

$Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin$

Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory

Climate case fails to stop gas exploration in NT

A test case claiming Tamboran Resources failed to mitigate future greenhouse gas emissions has been rejected by a Darwin Supreme Court judge.

'Gas cowboys' reined in by trigger-happy minister

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

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’

Conservation group challenges NT fracking project

The future of the Northern Territory's largest fracking project is on the line as a conservation group challenges ministerial approval for the project.

Pressure mounts on Tanya Plibersek to assess water impacts of NT Beetaloo Basin fracking project

NT government’s environmental management plan approval of Tamboran gas development spurs calls for federal minister to step in

NT government deal to buy Beetaloo Basin gas from US company labelled ‘carbon bomb’

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Climate groups criticise nine-year agreement with Tamboran Resources, while chief minister says it will provide ‘competitively priced gas’ for the territory

Anti-fracking activists' Beetaloo court battle begins

$Anti-fracking activists' Beetaloo court battle begins$

An anti-fracking group has begun legal action against the Northern Territory government's decision to allow exploration in the Beetaloo Basin.

Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people

$Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people$

The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.

Who can veto a Beetaloo Basin gas project? It's an issue vexing Indigenous people, pastoralists

The Northern Territory's Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says "Aboriginal territorians have the power to veto" a gas project. But is the matter really that straight forward?

Tamboran Resources welcomes Beetaloo Basin fracking approval, as Northern Territory locals raise concerns over groundwater use

$Tamboran Resources welcomes Beetaloo Basin fracking approval, as Northern Territory locals raise concerns over groundwater use$

A US gas company with the biggest stake in the Beetaloo Basin has welcomed the approval of a full-scale fracking industry, while some locals say they are "devastated".

Beetaloo Basin cattle company loses Supreme Court bid to stop fracking exploration

$Beetaloo Basin cattle company loses Supreme Court bid to stop fracking exploration$

A gas company will be able to continue exploration in the Beetaloo Basin after a cattle company's appeal to stop the activity was dismissed by the Northern Territory Supreme Court.

Beetaloo Basin Senate inquiry report recommends further scrutiny of Middle Arm industrial hub proposal

A long-awaited Senate inquiry's final report into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin has made 14 recommendations.

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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.

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.

Tamboran Resources denies using 'intimidation' to access cattle station, fronts fracking senate inquiry

Tamboran Resources has fronted a senate inquiry into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin, after acquiring Origin Energy's interests in the region last month.

Beetaloo Basin holds ‘Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity’, inquiry hears

In remarks dismissed by environmentalists, gas company boss Joel Riddle said reserves were ‘critical’ to lowering greenhouse gas emissions

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Tamboran Resources buys Origin Energy's Beetaloo Basin gas exploration stakes

Tamboran Resources has overnight become the biggest player in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

Origin Energy quitting Beetaloo fracking project an 'indicator' of gas industry’s future, analyst says

Origin Energy's decision to back out of plans to frack for gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin could be an early indicator of "fossil fuels falling away", according to an energy analyst.

Australia should abandon goal to limit global heating to 1.5C, says gas company eyeing Beetaloo Basin

Tamboran Resources, which received $7.5m to explore Beetaloo Basin, argues target may hinder ‘climate improving’ gas projects

Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

NT pastoralist takes Sweetpea Petroleum to Supreme Court over fracking exploration access agreement

Northern Territory laws allow gas companies to enter cattle stations to explore, even if the leaseholders oppose it. One cattle station is fighting that in the Supreme Court.

Gas fracker cuts NT cattle station fences

A Northern Territory cattle company alleges an onshore gas explorer has cut one of its station fences and forced its way onto the property.