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The Barkly could create hundreds of jobs and boost our local economy if we capitalised on our region’s abundance of renewable energy resources.   This was the vision outlined by The Environment Centre NT, at their Paterson...

The front page of today’s NT News is making waves across the country. It’s easy to see why: it’s a full front page declaring that the bushfire crisis means that it’s time for action on climate...

With another predicted searing hot summer, and an election around the corner, there's every chance energy will pop up as a topic of conversation around your next BBQ or family gathering. When it comes...

In his analysis of the NT’s energy woes, Matt Cunningham of the NT News pointed out that back in 2009, Labor Chief Minister Paul Henderson “signed the NT up to the deal of a lifetime for gas”...

An independent investigation into the 10-hour long blackouts at Alice Springs on 13 October this year has exposed deep systemic problems in the NT’s energy agencies. The Gunner government should take responsibility for their failure to manage urgent,...

We've hired a new manager to build support for renewables over the critical Territory election period. Monica Tan is an experienced organiser and campaigner, has previously worked for Greenpeace, at The Guardian as a...

ECNT Director Shar Molloy talks about how our new environment laws set a foundation where a better future for the unique and precious Top End environment can be built upon.

Conservationists welcomed the introduction of the Territory Government’s Environment Protection Bill to parliament today, citing broad community support for new laws to protect the natural environment and Territory way of life. [1] “Strong environmental...

The NT Supreme Court has ruled that a permit to clear more than 20,000 hectares of native vegetation at Maryfield Station southeast of Katherine is invalid. This outcome follows a landmark legal challenge by...

The Australian arm of global energy giant INPEX was fined $12,600 by the Federal Department of Environment and Energy for breaching its environmental approval by boiling wastewater containing toxic ‘PFAS’ chemicals at its Darwin...