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Industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported, researchers say
This article discusses research that shows that industrial methane emissions are 100 times higher than reported.
Emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell and Environmental Defense Fund have found.
Using a Google Street View car equipped with a high-precision methane sensor, the researchers discovered […]
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DeSmog Blog – June 8, 2019
This DeSmogBlog weekly posting addresses:
A March Through Heat, Felony Threats, and Pollution Brings Louisiana’s Cancer Alley to Governor’s Attention
Will Ohio River Get Optional Pollution Limits as New Fracking-Reliant Plastics Industry Moves in?
Exclusive: Enbridge Is Behind This Front Group Pushing the Company’s Line 3 Oil Pipeline Project
Congressional […]
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U.S. EPA is sued for ousting scientists from advisory committees
This article discusses why the EPA is being sued for ousting scientists from advisory committees. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued on Monday by a nonprofit over a recent directive banning many scientists from panels that advise the agency on scientific matters.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was also named […]
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EPA chief floats change to methane oversight
This E&E News article discusses how the EPA chief is floating a change to methane oversight. In typical Trump fashion, the goal is to make it seem like things are not so bad.
EPA is considering a change to how oil and gas industry methane emissions are counted that could […]
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Inside the EPA’s ‘resistance room,’ where Trump was never president and climate change is real
This article discusses a museum inside EPA called the ‘resistance room,’ where Trump was never president and climate change is real.
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Report: EPA head asked to back up claim that climate change is ’50 to 75 years out’
This The Hill article discusses Andrew Wheeler’s ignorance about climate change. The sad part is, he’s the head of EPA.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler is being asked to back up recent claims that climate change consequences are still “50 to 75 years out.”
In a freedom of information request […]
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Study: Melting Permafrost Releasing High Levels of Nitrous Oxide, A Potent Greenhouse Gas
This Yale Environment 360 article discusses a study that shows that melting Permafrost is releasing high levels of nitrous oxide, a potent Greenhouse Gas.
Thawing permafrost in the Arctic may be releasing 12 times as much nitrous oxide as previously thought, according to a new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and […]
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New EPA Rule Poses Greatest Threat to the Clean Water Act in a Generation
This article discusses changes to EPA Clean Water regulations – posing the greatest threat to the Clean Water Act in a generation.
April 15th is circled in red on calendars for tax day—and for the close of the public comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s controversial proposal to rescind safeguards […]
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Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions
This The Guardian article discusses how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions. The ‘Dieselgate’ scandal was suppressed for years – while we should have been driving electric cars.
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