DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in her Pennsylvania hometown, she will be facing off against some of the most powerful fossil fuel interests in the United States. LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. Fossil fuels, you might say, are an aged form of blue carbon. DWR measures the CO2 and methane emissions from the wetlands it created on Sherman Island. Nor is the flooding of delta islands unprecedented. Jonno Rattman / Bay Nature.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

Those levels are more than 400 times the protective health limits designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for toxic Superfund sites and uranium mills, where fuel for nuclear bombs was once assembled. The oil and gas industry produces an extraordinary amount of waste. Page 152 of Texas RRC FOIA Nov 2020, 859 Page.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

The update was sparked by decades old changes in drilling technology already used in an area that gained notoriety for having one of the largest methane hot spots on the planet — because of leaking oil and gas wells. Jackson talks of preserving the national park and also the health impacts of living near oil and gas development.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2022

In recent years, while fracking’s supporters were shouting “drill baby drill” the oil industry began lobbying behind the scenes to undercut programs designed to make vehicles more fuel efficient or less reliant on fossil fuels. Average fuel economy rose again, by 29 percent between 2005 and 2020, the Energy Department added.

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