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BP and Environmental Defense Fund Collaborate to Reduce Methane Emissions

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Joint effort focuses on developing technologies and management practices to accelerate reductions of methane emissions across the global oil and gas industry. The agreement enables joint collaboration on projects that test technologies and emerging strategies to continue to improve methane management.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

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

DeSmogBlog

James, with the help of Tulane’s law clinic, fought to protect their constitutional right to protest in Gramercy. The law is on our side,” Lavigne told me. John at a protest the group held near the Fifth Ward Elementary School on October 18, 2017. A few days later, RISE St. Credit: Julie Dermansky. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Why States Need to Ban New Gas Hookups in Buildings (in 5 Charts)

GreenTechMedia

The Majority of Direct Building Emissions Are Coming From Burning Natural Gas. While oil is still used for heat in many Northeastern states, and propane is used in rural areas around the country, gas produces the majority of direct building emissions in the U.S. Gas Infrastructure Spending Is Rising Rapidly.

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Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States’ Climate Plans

DeSmogBlog

California, Oregon, and Washington have all passed laws and enacted policies that require utilities to dramatically cut carbon pollution over the next decade. Gas Growth Forecast ‘Not a Reflection of Reality’ TC Energy is relying on agreements with two Pacific Northwest utilities to demonstrate the need for GTN Xpress.

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LNG Projects Make Claims of ‘Net-Zero’ to Ease Way for Expansion

DeSmogBlog

Under growing pressure to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are turning to questionable claims about “carbon neutrality,” “net-zero,” or “green LNG,” in order to pass muster with governments, investors, and society, who are becoming increasingly anxious about the climate crisis.

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

DeSmogBlog

According to residential ratepayer advocates , years of foot-dragging by NW Natural and the OPUC cost customers millions by delaying the pursuit of an independent analysis in 2017 that recommended shifting a larger portion of the company’s “very substantial” — and confidential — storage-related profits back toward NW Natural’s utility customers.