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Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania

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The lonely well pad houses four natural gas wells that records show were initially drilled in 2011 but sat inactive for years after that. Though it has applied for them, the company behind this operation has yet to receive the permits it is required by law to construct or operate the engines to power a cryptocurrency mine.

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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

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On December 18, 2020, the day when the public consultation came to a close, “the gas bloc” — Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia — submitted an unofficial document expressing their concerns to the European Commission. Like Greece, Italy has a huge stake in gas.

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Princeton Maps Reveal US Plans for Massive CO2 Pipeline Buildout

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They are aimed at the cheapest solution, the least-cost, shortest distance between two points the pollution source and the dump. For more on those problems, see CarbonCaptureFacts and the Center for International Environmental Law for starters. The CO2 pipeline buildout is shaping up to be the biggest environmental justice insult ever.

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Waves of Abandonment

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In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. A review of the past 30 years of state records by Grist and the Texas Observer found that the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division inspects each oil and gas well only once about every two years.

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Waves of Abandonment

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In Texas, property rights are split into two categories: the land on the surface and everything underground, including oil and natural gas. A review of the past 30 years of state records by Grist and the Texas Observer found that the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division inspects each oil and gas well only once about every two years.

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As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US

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The complex contains a circuit board of pipes and steel tanks that cough out steam, flames and toxic substances as it creates the building blocks for plastic from natural gas liquids. Dr. Philip Landrigan, professor of biology and director of the Global Public Health Program and Global Pollution Observatory at Boston College.

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

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Public Health Watch also analyzed more recent TCEQ pollution data and found that Channelview’s benzene problem has only worsened over the years. A Public Health Watch analysis of TCEQ pollution data shows that between 2019 and 2021, annual readings soared as high as 2.1 ppb, exceeding even today’s weakened TCEQ guidelines by 50%.