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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Phantom Gas and Missing Documents Reveal Gaps in Utility Oversight

DeSmogBlog

There, he met with OPUC staff in person and exchanged emails with Lori Koho, then OPUC’s senior official overseeing natural gas utilities. He hoped that his list of complaints would show “how the unethical culture [at NW Natural] goes all the way to the top,” as one of his emails to Koho explains.

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Why the government should stick with sticks to deliver energy efficiency

Business Green

Minimum energy consumption standards for products and rented homes have galvanised improvements in energy efficiency in recent years, argues Andrew Warren. Effective energy saving programmes need three mutually supportive facets to succeed. Grants programmes were combined with tighter minimum energy consumption standards.

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

Instead, the TCEQ has allowed K-Solv, a chemical distribution company nestled in Channelview’s Jacintoport neighborhood, to expand its operations four times since the problem was discovered in 2005. Although it has been linked to leukemia since the late 1920s, it is unevenly regulated because of relentless opposition from industry groups.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. Decarbonized buildings. Others have lost their own homes to natural disasters. The second is a commitment to sourcing 100 percent of the natural materials Timberland uses from regenerative agriculture, such as leather for boots. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline

DeSmogBlog

“But four hurricanes since 2005 and sea level rise — it really decimated this coastline.” Rita was really, really bad,” he said, referring to the 2005 hurricane that decimated Cameron Parish. “I The power lines had been replaced four times in the past two decades. “It Department of Energy (DOE) revises its review process.