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Yale Climate Connection, June 4, 2021
Articles include: A climate-change-inspired video road-trip across the U.S.; Key readings on IEA’s ‘Net Zero by 2050’ report; Tips: How to weatherize your home; Talking climate with those holding different worldviews; New Mexico imposes strict rule to prevent venting, flaring of natural gas; Can […]
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Report: Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You.
New York Times: Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You. Oil and gas giants are selling off their most-polluting operations to small private companies. Most manage to escape public scrutiny.
As the world’s oil and gas giants face increasing pressure to reduce their fossil fuel emissions, […]
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This Could Be the Start of a Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition
New Republic: This Could Be the Start of a Rural Anti-Fracking Coalition. Landowners who lease their land to gas companies aren’t always pleased with the results.
When I first met George Hagemeyer in 2013, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was in the process of drilling six natural gas wells in his backyard. America is […]
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DeSmogBlog, May 8, 2021
Articles include: Oregon Utility Using Greenwashing and ‘Renewable Natural Gas’ To Push Back on Potential Gas Bans; New Government Report Highlights Federal Failures to Oversee Offshore Drilling [report is here]; New Lawsuit Challenges ‘Fast-Track’ Permits Used for Oil and Gas Pipelines Nationwide; Over a Half-million Americans Live Near […]
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DeSmogBlog, May 1, 2021
Articles include: Fossil Fuel Companies Are Promoting ‘Lower Carbon,’ ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Oil and Gas; Louisiana Oil Fields and Orphaned Wells; UK’s Leading Climate Science Denial Group; Urge Banks Not to Fund Chemical Plant in Louisiana; Climate Disinformation Database: The Global Warming Policy Foundation.
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Study: Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States
Gizmodo: Natural Gas Is Now More Deadly Than Coal in 19 States. Unhealthy air pollution generally brings to mind coal-fired plants spewing black soot from a smokestack. But that image may quickly be becoming outdated. A study published on Wednesday in Environmental Research Letters found that using […]
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The Daily Climate, April 26, 2021
Articles include: wood pellet loophole in Paris Accord; bike licensing and justice; hydrogen and the grid; California oil spillers and the law; jobs; US and China and Clean technology; electric trucks; Canada’s melting permafrost; Report: halting methane emissions.
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Groups ask Virginia environmental officials to reopen Chickahominy Power permit
Virginia Mercury: Groups ask Virginia environmental officials to reopen Chickahominy Power permit.
Three groups are asking Virginia to reopen an air permit issued to Chickahominy Power in 2019 for a proposed natural gas plant in Charles City County, contending that the state’s analysis of the facility’s environmental justice impacts “contains many […]
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California pushes to ban fracking and oil extraction
The Hill: California pushes to ban fracking and oil extraction.
Story at a glance
Newsom aims to halt oil production by 2045.
Scientists have warned fracking contributes to greenhouse gas release.
Some politicians have warned the moves will decimate local economies.
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DeSmogBlog, April 24, 2021
Articles include: Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?; The GOP Climate Push That Mostly Leaves Out Climate; Struggling to Make a Profit, Fracking Investors are Searching for the Exit; Oxford University Has Pledged to Divest from Fossil Fuels;
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