Santos could drill for new gas in Beetaloo basin within weeks as Murray Watt urged to ā€˜do his job’

"The decision, published late last month, has prompted calls from environment groups for the federal environment minister, Murray Watt, to use his powers to ā€œcall inā€ the development for an assessment of its potential effects on water and threatened species under national nature laws.

Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) executive director Kirsty Howey said she was concerned ā€œthe project is a gateway to full-scale fracking in the territoryā€ after years of relatively slow development in the Beetaloo region south of Katherine and would add to the climate crisis."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/03/santos-could-drill-for-new-gas-in-beetaloo-basin-within-weeks-as-murray-watt-urged-to-do-his-job

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Santos could drill for new gas in Beetaloo basin within weeks as Murray Watt urged to ā€˜do his job’

Environment Centre of the Northern Territory warns it could be ā€˜gateway to full-scale fracking in the territory’

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World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal

"The world’s biggest miner has halted or delayed projects to cut vast amounts of emissions and has quietly war-gamed options to push major climate investments in its Western Australian iron ore operations into the next two decades, internal documents show.

An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners can reveal that BHP, one of Australia’s biggest historic emitters, has dumped plans for a facility that could have significantly reduced emissions and has put on ice renewable projects designed to power its iron ore operations.."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/bhp-files-leak-mining-company-climate-action

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World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal

Exclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation

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Disastrous plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, one of many from Labor..

On Thursday Labor premier Peter 'Santos' Malinauskas revealed plans to overturn the ban on unconventional gas fracking in SA with laws set to be introduced to the state parliament this week

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/18/fracking-south-australia-limestone-coast-peter-malinauskas-labor-broken-promise

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ā€˜Disastrous’ plan to allow fracking on South Australia’s Limestone Coast is a broken promise, locals say

Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election

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US mining company Alcoa’s strip-mining of Western Australia’s jarrah forest is under further investigation after its ā€œdeliberate repeat breachā€ of environmental laws that destroyed habitat for protected species – including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats..

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/15/alcoa-investigated-destroying-australia-wa-habitat-black-cockatoos-quokkas-numbats

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US miner under further investigation after destroying WA habitat of black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats

Pressure grows on Alcoa over strip-mining of Western Australian jarrah forest, which also threatens Perth’s water supply

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Green Party disapproves of government granting prospecting permit for UNESCO site

It comes after a prospecting permit was approved within Te Wāhipounamu, one of the country's three UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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αppαrenĻ„ly Ļ„hey're doing Ļ„his αwful sh!Ļ„ everywhere. All these ai š“‡obots and driveš“‡-less vehicles seems to be in prepaš“‡ation for millions of pooʁer ppl in moš“‡e desiš“‡able locations Ļ„o drop off Ļ„he fαce of Ļ„he eαrĻ„h...

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Fossil Fuel CEOs: "Can we open a new coal mine over there?"

Chris Minns: "Nah sorry"

Fossil Fuel CEOs: "Can we *expand* our *existing* operation to *over there*?"

Chris Minns: "Sure!"

šŸ™„ šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø Labor again playing the 'loophole' game for a quick corrupt buck.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/20/nsw-to-ban-new-coalmines-allow-expansions

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NSW to ban new coalmines – but will allow existing ones to get even bigger

Minns Labor government criticised over strategy as no new mines have been proposed for several years

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The US and Israel deliberately attacked fuel storage facilities in Tehran. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman says this is "intentional chemical warfare against Iranian citizens." Toxic materials released into the air. Civilians poisoned. Environment devastated. Long-term public health effects guaranteed. This isn't just bombing—it's biological warfare. America and Israel are poisoning an entire nation. #ChemicalWarfare #USEmpire #IsraelTerrorState #EnvironmentalTerrorism #Tehran
A dark and killing cloud over Tehran

And over a shamed America

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In a major blow for the environment and human health NT government releases area five times size of Singapore for petroleum exploration

"The Northern Territory has released 4,000 sq km of land for onshore petroleum exploration, a move criticised by environmentalists.

The release area – more than five times the size of Singapore – is located within the Beetaloo basin, near the Amadeus gas pipeline and the Stuart Highway.

The Finocchiaro government announced the release at the North American Prospect Expo, a summit for oil and gas companies being held in Houston, Texas. Applications for exploration are open until 31 July."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/18/australia-news-live-renewable-energy-capacity-battery-grid-real-wage-growth-cost-of-living-albanese-angus-taylor-coalition-liberal-front-bench-immigration-ntwnfb

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