DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

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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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. DWR measures the CO2 and methane emissions from the wetlands it created on Sherman Island. Established in 2006 by the law AB32, the cap-and-trade system seeks to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions by harnessing market forces.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

million from 2002-2004. NW Natural acknowledged these “improvements in gas measurement and estimating” in its 2004 annual report. 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

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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

From 1975 to 1987, average fuel economy rose quickly — but then it declined between 1988 and 2004, as the Energy Department reported last year. But efficiency advocates noted those numbers actually fell short of federal targets, faulting loopholes in the law that they say promote larger vehicles. Credit: Sicnag ( CC BY 2.0 ).

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