Almost 100 scientists have published an open letter to the Northern Territory government urging it to abandon plans for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, warning of 'the damage it will inflict on our climate'
abc.net.au/news/scientists-open-letter-nt-government-beetaloo-basin-fracking-ban/102291816Almost 100 scientists have published an open letter to the Northern Territory government urging it to abandon plans for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, warning of "the damage it will inflict on our climate".
Published in national newspapers across Australia on Wednesday, the joint letter comes as the NT government is poised to make a final decision on whether it will allow a large-scale gas industry to go ahead. "[The government] committed to implement all the recommendations of the Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing," the letter states.
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