NT gas pipeline approval puts fracking moratorium in question

Pipeline from Tennant Creek to Mount Isa could bring coal seam gas from the Territory into the eastern states market amid power crisisAn $800m gas pipeline from the Northern Territory to Queensland is one step closer after the federal government granted environmental approval for construction.The approval, which carries conditions to protect the native death adder snake, had not been expected by the NT government for several weeks, and follows Malcolm Turnbull’s statement that his governme