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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas. While that blast was contained, a vapor cloud explosion at an LNG terminal in Algeria in 2004 killed 27 people. Credit: Edward Donnelly Environmental groups on both sides of the Atlantic warn that the U.S.

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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

Armed with a seat at the highest levels of food policy, and well-connected – to dairy producers, distributors, and scientists – the initiative described itself as a “growing movement” dedicated to “reducing dairy’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 30 years”. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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A valve to help curb seaborne cargo VOC emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Several light hydrocarbons, such as methane, ethane and propane, are VOCs. Further, VOC emissions can harm the environment and human health. Especially methane is a potent greenhouse gas, contributing to climate change. Why VOC emissions should be reduced. VOCs are a large group of organic compounds. An overlooked problem.

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Can a tiger change its stripes? Meet the pulp and paper giant bankrolling a huge Sumatran rainforest reserve

Business Green

We need to develop a proper policy and strategy starting from now." The big question for campaigners is how effective these policies are actually proving. Farmers are given support and advice on protecting soil health and cultivating rice paddies and bananas as opposed to inefficient palm oil plantations.

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Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry

DeSmogBlog

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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Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump

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We absolutely should be moving to establishing independence from fossil fuels, both for geopolitical and for public health and climate reasons,” said Luke Tonachel, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) clean vehicles and fuels group. “I That was a step in the wrong direction, efficiency advocates say. “We