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"An environmental group “very concerned” about the impact of fracking on water
has launched the first test of recently expanded national laws.
A plan to frack 15 gas wells in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin is
being challenged by Lock The Gate Alliance in the Federal Court on Monday.
The group is asking the court to grant an injunction and to compel the federal
government to assess the project under the water trigger provisions of federal
environmental laws.
Lock The Gate Alliance research and investigations head Georgina Woods said
their legal challenge was significant because work is already underway on the
Shenandoah fracking pilot.
“We are very concerned about the potential of the project to significantly
impact groundwater resources through contamination,” she said.
“The whole of the Northern Territory relies on groundwater. Water is life up
there.”
Fracking involves injecting a combination of water, chemicals and sand into
deep shale layers underground at high pressure to extract gas.
“It is an inherently risky activity and does carry the risk of contamination of
groundwater sources and that’s why we’ve taken this case,” Ms Woods said."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
