One of Australia's top legacy mines researchers has questioned the scientific accuracy of some of the Northern Territory fracking inquiry's key environmental findings.
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| The inquiry panel thinks fracking chemicals will not spill near Katherine or in areas with similar geology. |
The practice of hydraulic fracturing — in which a mixture of chemicals, water and sand are injected at high pressure into rock to release gas — has been controversial in the NT over the past decade since applications to frack began pouring in.
It was a key election promise of the Labor Government to respond to community concerns by imposing a moratorium while an inquiry was held.
The March deadline for the inquiry's final report is looming, and it has another round of community consultations to hold following last month's release of its draft report.
Read Jane Bardon’s ABC News story - “NT fracking inquiry's key environmental findings questioned by scientists.”
(The purveryors of profit invevitbale question anything, including science, that puts their profit at risk and the same dynamicx is being witnessed in the Northern Territory with those in the pro-fracking camp ignoring, and questioning, any advice that suggests these modern attempts to unlock these hitherto inaccessible gases are noit just qestionsable, but simply wrong.
This, again, is an example of profit, at whatever expense, being put ahead of protection of our country - it's short term gain for a handful of people at the long-term cost for the broader community.
The territory's fracking moratorium should not onhy be maintained, but converted into an ouright ban - Robert McLean)
