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Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner yesterday announced his government will go ahead with permitting fracking of onshore unconventional shale gas reservoirs in the NT, ending a moratorium on the activity.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gunner said his Government had accepted all 135 recommendations in the final report from The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in order to minimise risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe promised an independent, scientific inquiry after which we would either ban fracking or allow it in highly regulated circumstances in tightly prescribed areas,” stated the Chief Minister. “We have kept our promise. We have accepted the key finding of the report \u2013 that if all the recommendations are implemented the risk from fracking can be reduced to an acceptable level.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mr Gunner said 49% of the Territory will be “frack-free”. The remaining 51% of the Northern Territory works out to be around 688,000 square kilometres, although of course only some of that area will have resources to make it worthwhile to be fracking around in.<\/p>\n

As we recently reported, The Australia Institute concluded that allowing fracking<\/a> in the Territory could result in emissions equivalent to up to 100 times more<\/a> than savings under the Northern Territory Government\u2019s Roadmap to Renewables<\/a>: 50% by 2030 policy1<\/a><\/sup>, in which solar power<\/a> is a centrepiece technology.<\/p>\n

Mr. Gunner says he has written to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten seeking their agreement to partner up in offsetting all additional emissions from fracking. How such an arrangement may look wasn’t expanded on.<\/p>\n

An open letter to The Scientific Inquiry in February signed by academics, scientists, doctors and a former senior fossil fuel executive said development of onshore shale gas and shale oil fields should not proceed \u2013 under any circumstances<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace’s reaction to the Northern Territory Government’s decision was swift.<\/p>\n

“The government\u2019s decision to open the Northern Territory to the environmental devastation of fracking is short-sighted and will lead to the contamination of water, increased carbon emissions and a myriad of health problems for the people of the NT,” said<\/a> Greenpeace Australia’s Nikola Casule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The group says fracking has already been proven to be an ecological disaster<\/a> all over the world, including in Australia.<\/p>\n

“There are no upsides to this move. It will exacerbate climate change, slow the transition to clean renewable energy, destroy water and agricultural land and harm people\u2019s health,” said Mr. Casule.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even Chief Minister Gunner acknowledged the decision may not be popular among voters, which really makes you wonder.<\/p>\n

“I understand that many Territorians feel passionately about fracking and were hoping for a different announcement today,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Perhaps the Chief Minister is hoping people’s memories of their disappointment and disillusionment will fade by the next election.<\/p>\n

The Final Report from The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing can be downloaded here<\/a>, or the much slimmer summary here<\/a> (PDF). The Government\u2019s response to the Final Report of the Inquiry can be found here<\/a> (PDF). Work is starting on a detailed implementation plan, which will be released to the public in July this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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