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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A DeSmog analysis of Dye’s claim, public financial reporting, and internal company data found that the utility could have been overestimating its gas costs by up to $4.3 million from 2002-2004. NW Natural acknowledged these “improvements in gas measurement and estimating” in its 2004 annual report.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2021

Around 70 million barrels of hydrocarbons are lost yearly due to evaporation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) during loading, storage and transportation of crude oil on ships. VOCs are a large group of organic compounds. Several light hydrocarbons, such as methane, ethane and propane, are VOCs. billion USD annually.

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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. Historically in the northern bands, operators drilled primarily for natural gas.

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