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Australian state to permanently ban onshore gas fracking
2016-08-30 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Victoria state has gone further than any other in Australia to block shale and coal seam fracking, announcing a permanent ban on Tuesday due to concerns of farmers and green groups on health and water risks despite a looming natural gas supply crunch. The state's Labor government, however, left the door open to allowing onshore conventional gas drilling after 2020. A new Labor government in the Northern Territory is also getting set to ban fracking until it is satisfied the drilling technique does...
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