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

A growing group of environmentalists, politicians, communities, and even the industry’s own workers have become increasingly critical of the fossil fuel industry, and see room for action under the Biden administration, though most attention has been placed on hot-button topics like climate change and methane emissions.

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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. Under federal law, agencies are required to conduct tribal consultation on projects and plans like this one.

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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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