Gas companies have their eyes on the Northern Territory where they hope to frack their way to – in the words of the federal government – a “world-class gas province”. This week, one executive claimed the territory’s Beetaloo Basin held “Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity” – a claim swiftly ridiculed by climate groups. For those unfamiliar with how these things work, fracking deep shale formations and then burning the gas adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/facts-take-a-backseat-in-csiro-fracking-fact-sheets-partly-funded-by-the-gas-industry