US firm's plan to frack Australia's most intact tropical savanna draws government concern
A US company, Black Mountain Energy, wants to drill 20 gas wells in Western Australia's Kimberley region — part of the world's largest, most intact tropical savanna. Australia's federal environment department says the firm has provided insufficient data and has repeatedly raised concerns. We are awaiting the company's case for the project, which it frames as responsible gas development.
Australia's federal environment department has repeatedly flagged that Black Mountain Energy's bid to frack for gas in the Kimberley rests on insufficient data, and conservationists warn that drilling 20 wells threatens one of the planet's largest and most intact tropical savannas.
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