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Legal action over plans to bulldoze tropical savanna

Environmentalists say the federal environment minister's decision not to assess plans to bulldoze tropical savanna for industrial agriculture is legally flawed.

AAP · May 28

Gas facility leak sparks cover-up allegations

An environmental group has released documents that show a storage tank at a gas export facility near a capital city has been leaking for almost 20 years.

AAP · Sep 1, 2025

Territory abandons 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target

A 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target has been abandoned by a territory administration despite an election promise.

AAP · Jun 19, 2025

Plans to mine Northern Territory sand for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

A company has revealed plans to mine sand in the Northern Territory. It is also exploring for silica sand, which it says could be sold to Asian countries for solar panel production.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

Land clearing proposal by NT EPA could increase greenhouse gas emissions, environmentalists warn

Destruction of Northern Australia's tropical savannas – considered one of the last untouched regions in the world – is increasing at a rapid rate and new draft guidelines aimed at minimising greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing are "taking us in the opposite direction", environmentalists say.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

NT traditional owners launch international legal action over Barossa gas project

Tiwi Islander and Larrakia peoples seeking to block South Korean development say it threatens marine life

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022

NT traditional owners take legal action over Santos's Barossa gas project north of Darwin

Tiwi and Larrakia elders fear their sea country could be impacted by Santos's Barossa gas project in the NT, one of the biggest developments announced in the Australian oil and gas sector in recent years.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022