Email By Emily JB Smith Updated April 10, 2018 06:48:15 Photo: The NT fracking inquiry has delivered a final report to government. (ABC News: Jane Bardon) Related Story: Risks of fracking in NT can be mitigated, preliminary findings reveal Related Story: Climate scientists appeal for NT fracking ban to stay Related Story: To frack or not to frack: The debate dividing the Top End Map: NT The Northern Territory Government is expected to soon decide if it will lift a fracking moratorium, after an 15-month inquiry concluded the risks associated with the industry could be managed. Key PointsThe NT hydraulic fracking inquiry has delivered a final report to the NT GovernmentIt will inform the Government’s decision whether to lift a moratorium on the industryThe inquiry found that risks could be mitigated, if all 135 recommendations it put forward were implemented in full The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory chair, Justice Rachel Pepper, handed a final report to the NT Government on Tuesday. If all 135 recommendations it contained were implemented, the inquiry determined that “the challenges and risks associated with any onshore shale gas industry in the NT can be appropriately managed”.But Justice Pepper described the… Read full this story
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