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Methane over Poland’s coal mines: Satellite analysis from ESA

Envirotec Magazine

According to the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, the top 10 largest methane emitting coal mines in Europe are in Poland. Collectively, these mines released around 282,300 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere in 2020.

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$1T of Potential Losses in the Pipeline for Oil and Gas Financiers

GreenTechMedia

The only climate trend more powerful for global financial institutions than the drive to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is the momentum to exit oil and gas. Justin Guay is director for global climate strategy at the Sunrise Project. * * *. Oil and gas pipelines are a case study in the risk of getting these policies wrong.

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Four Oil and Gas Spills that are Worse than we Thought

Green Market Oracle

In May 2019, the US Coast Guard installed a containment system and in September 2018 a NOAA research vessel was spotted at a Taylor Energy production site in the Gulf of Mexico. Taylor Energy liquidated its oil and gas assets and ceased production and drilling in 2008.

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Rush to clean energy prompts demand for ammonia analysers

Envirotec Magazine

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. The two predominant sources of renewable energy are wind and solar. However, ammonia has a higher energy density (12.7 MJ/L) than liquid hydrogen (8.5

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Pennsylvania Lets Polluter Resume Drilling in Protected Zone, Outraging Residents in Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

DeSmogBlog

On November 29, Coterra Energy and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) signed a consent order allowing the operator, one of the largest natural gas producers in the state, to drill laterally beneath an area that has been mostly fracking-free since 19 households found methane in their water in 2008 and 2009.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”. USDA Organic. Green Business Bureau. Fair Trade USA Certification.

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The Seven Sins of Greenwashing

Green Business Bureau

Energy Star. Creating any product and delivering any service uses natural resources and energy, but some industries are more harmful than others. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”. USDA Organic. Green Business Bureau. Fair Trade USA Certification.