'People are very worried': Fears over water and land amid emerging cotton industry

By Roxanne Fitzgerald
Updated February 23 2021 - 10:52am, first published February 22 2021 - 8:27am
Dryland cotton relies heavily on the Northern Territory's rainfall during the wet season, however, the development of a fracking industry and the contamination of the town's water supply with chemicals still leaking off the Tindal RAAF Base, has made Katherine very environmentally aware.
Dryland cotton relies heavily on the Northern Territory's rainfall during the wet season, however, the development of a fracking industry and the contamination of the town's water supply with chemicals still leaking off the Tindal RAAF Base, has made Katherine very environmentally aware.

Since a moratorium on an on-shore gas industry was lifted in 2018, trailblazing residents have fought back against big energy companies and the NT Government.

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