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Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) said Santos's Wickham Point liquified natural gas facility has been leaking methane for the past 20 years.

Santos not forced to fix ‘super emitter’ methane leak in Darwin tanks

Santos will not be forced fix a 20-year-old methane leak at its Darwin tank facilities, but will have to actively monitor and disclose the scale of the greenhouse gas emissions under a new licence. See why environmentalists say this is a ‘license to pollute’.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 25, 2025: SA senator Alex Antic at Parliament House in Canberra: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Liberal net zero revolt after Hastie’s retreat

Conservative Liberals are fuelling pressure on Opposition Leader Sussan Ley by attacking net zero targets.

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Environment Centre of the Northern Territory (ECNT) executive director Kirsty Howey has called on Santos to repair a fault at its Wickham Point liquified natural gas facility, which has been leaking methane for the past 20 years.

‘National scandal’: Methane leak kept secret for 20 years

Environmental and safety regulators allegedly covered up a methane leak at a major Darwin gas hub for 20 years, explosive documents have revealed. Read more here.

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NT deputy Chief Minister Minister Gerard Maley speaking outside of NT Parliament on Thursday ahead of the vote on the Correctional Services Legislative Amendment Bill 2025. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

NT accused of taking a ‘chainsaw’ to fracking safety laws

Mining Minister defends changes which opponents claim could leave Territory land owners in the dark if there were hazardous gas leaks on their property from fracking. Read the full story here.

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No New Gas Coalition members Grusha Leeman, Juanita Kwok, Phil Scott, Reverend L Lee Levett-Olson, Chris Cox, Alice Nagy and Liz Howells outside the Supreme Court in Darwin. Picture: Zizi Averill

Climate change risks thrown out in Top End fracking appeal

A gas company is celebrating a ‘vindicating’ victory after a Territory court rejected the threat of ‘unsustainable greenhouse gas emissions’ as a relevant environmental risk for a Beetaloo fracking project.

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Mirarr Traditional Owners Yvonne Margarula met with the NT Chief Minister and Mining Minister on Friday, April 19, over the proposed Jabiluka mine lease extension. Picture: Zizi Averill

Kakadu leaders demand apology amid mine lease dispute

Territory Traditional Owners fighting to expand Kakadu National Park have called out what they claim are ‘disrespectful’ comments by mining bosses and an anti-Voice campaigner.

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Mirarr Traditional Owners held a protest outside the Energy Resources of Australia Annual General Meeting of shareholders at the Oaks Darwin Elan Hotel, Wood St following the mine owner's decision apply for a mine lease extension for Jabiluka. Picture: Zizi Averill

‘Blindsided’ mining giant appeals Kakadu Park expansion

As Territorians in Kakadu celebrated the end of a 40-year threat to their lands, a uranium mining company’s stock price plummeted, its deals fell apart and its leaders were left blindsided, according to court documents. Now the resources giant is seeking an appeal.

Alexander Downer.Alexander Downer who warns about the dangers of snap lock downs in Australia when low numbers of Covid-19 present in hotel quarantine, he believes itÃ¢â¬â¢s economically unsustainable.Wednesday 17 February 2021 Pic Roy VanDerVegt

SA heavyweight puts ‘unpopular decision’ back in the spotlight

Hospitals, roads, schools and everything else on SA’s wishlist could easily be paid for if the state makes a hard choice, the former foreign minister and Liberal leader says.

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Renewables future. Lake Bonney Windfarm wind turbines produce electricity.Thursday November 6 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

Bond: Green electricity dream has turned a stark shade of black(out)

Australia has been sold a pup on renewable energy, and now our early exit from fossil fuels is leaving us very precariously perched, writes Caleb Bond.

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The world's biggest hydrogen production facility, power plant and storage planned for Whyalla

Blended gas the next step in SA’s hydrogen energy revolution

The government sees hydrogen as our state’s biggest clean energy opportunity, and a new project in the suburbs of Adelaide is already partly powering homes with it.

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Revealed: The SA site earmarked for nuclear power station

The site of an old SA coal-fired power station has been earmarked for a nuclear reactor under a Coalition clean energy plan.

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Revealed: The SA site earmarked for nuclear power station

The site of an old SA coal-fired power station has been earmarked for a nuclear reactor under a Coalition clean energy plan.

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Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct

‘Big battery’, new homes and bigger ports: $1.5bn pitch for Middle Arm

The controversial Middle Arm development is under greater scrutiny, with a new environmental report suggesting how the Territory could instead invest the $1.5bn project into clean energy, expanded ports and a major housing rollout.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 13, 2023: Premier Peter Malinauskas at Mitcham Woolworths to promote the OzHarvest Christmas campaign. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Iron Man Mali’s $1bn plan to make SA a green energy superpower

Premier Peter Malinauskas will spearhead a three-day economic summit in a bid to supercharge his plan to capitalise on the green industrial revolution.

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