Beetaloo Basin fracking: court bid launched to stop Coalition giving company $21m in grants for project
by Christopher Knaus from Environment | The Guardian on (#5MQCJ)
Action alleges federal minister's grants decision for Northern Territory basin plan was unlawful and failed to ensure proper' use of public funds
Environmental groups will go to court in an attempt to stop resources minister Keith Pitt handing $21m in grants to a gas company seeking to frack the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory.
The Environment Centre Northern Territory (ECNT) and the Environmental Defenders Office on Thursday launched urgent proceedings in the federal court alleging the minister's decision to award the grants to gas company Imperial Oil and Gas, a subsidiary of Empire Energy, was unlawful.
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