The Northern Territory government's new climate resilience plan faces backlash from environmental groups for accelerating gas extraction in the Beetaloo Basin, which critics argue will worsen climate change and harm public health.
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Santos may start new gas drilling in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo basin within weeks after the Finocchiaro government approved up to 12 wells. Environmental groups urge Minister Murray Watt to assess the project's impact on water and species.
Northern Territory taxpayers will be hit with a $75 million bill if Tamboran Resources, one of the key Beetaloo Basin fracking companies, is unable to repay its lenders.
