Japanese gas company Inpex has been charged by the NT Environmental Protection Authority over alleged under-reporting of emissions from its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, which an independent review found had been “systematically underestimated”.

NT EPA chair Dr Paul Vogel said the environmental watchdog had commenced prosecution, with charges relating to an alleged failure to comply with licence conditions by under-reporting benzene and toluene emissions between 2019 and 2024.

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