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New Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence of Harms From Fracking

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In addition, vast quantities of carbon and methane pollution are released into the atmosphere. Between 2002 and 2008 both populations exhibited similar hospitalization trends. It’s much harder politically to ask the whole oil and gas industry to go away.” That pollution finds its way to people who live nearby.

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Hydrogen Hype Bubbles Over At German Gas Lobby Conference

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It’s quite simple,” said Andreae, who served as a Green Party member of parliament from 2002-2019. Unlike natural gas, which is comprised mostly of methane, a powerful climate pollutant, hydrogen does not emit planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned. But we’ll need molecules, and that is the deciding factor. “In

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

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million from 2002-2004. Based on gas cost data in company SEC filings from 2002-2004, if NW Natural reported 1 percent unaccounted-for gas to the OPUC during this period, it would be overestimating its gas costs by $4.3 Exactly how much such an overvaluation might inflate final shareholder profits is unclear.