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Community-led science

Envirotec Magazine

They suspected these symptoms were the result of air pollution from fracking facilities that dominate the area and the subsequent investigation offers a powerful example of what can be achieved by citizen scientists. Nestled in an Appalachian valley, Belmont has been booming with new infrastructure to extract and process natural gas.

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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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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

There’s a lot of beautiful things that happen out of [Richmond]," says Khamphanthong, a community organizer with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network whose family emigrated from Laos in the 1980s. It also dramatically has increased the volume of gas flared off as waste — another source of harmful compounds. (In-state

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Facebook Targets Net-Zero Emissions Across Its Global Supply Chain by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Two years ago, Facebook — one of the 50 largest public companies in the world — pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations 75 percent below 2017 levels. Corporations are increasingly facing pushback on climate change from outside the organization and within their ranks.

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Energy Transfer Continued Work After Telling Investors Mariner East Pipeline Was Completed

DeSmogBlog

On February 16, Energy Transfer announced in an earnings call that construction on its long-delayed Mariner East pipeline project, built to carry natural gas liquids across southern Pennsylvania, was “complete.”. Energy Transfer built us a lake,” she said she joked at the time. Photo Credit: Lora Snyder.

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South Carolina’s Past Failures and New Policies Contribute to a Brighter Future for Solar and Battery Storage

Renewable Energy World

By Shelley Robbins, Clean Energy Group. In those states, where clean energy is now gaining a stronger foothold, valuable lessons can be found. Actions by these states to change the direction of energy policy are a powerful confirmation that clean energy is a viable, cost-effective alternative to fossil fuels.

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Fenceline Community Groups in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Celebrate Mounting Victories

DeSmogBlog

James’ march was set to take place, Lavigne learned that the town required her organization to post a $10,000 bond to obtain a permit for the march, money the group didn’t have access to on short notice. John at a protest the group held near the Fifth Ward Elementary School on October 18, 2017. Two days before RISE St.