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The Battle to Stop Air Products’ Carbon Capture Project at Lake Maurepas Grows

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Similar language is used by other the banks encouraging investments by those concerned about climate change. Residents living near Lake Maurepas consider the prized ecosystem that offers plentiful seafood and vital storm surge protection to be an extension of their backyard and heritage.

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A Push to Expedite Permits Fueled by Disaster Capitalism Threatens to Fastrack the Climate Crisis

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Credit: Julie Dermansky The diversion project lies at the intersection of two crises: the state’s alarming coastal land-loss rate and the essential threat of climate change. This makes it ripe for disaster capitalism, a phrase Naomi Klein coined in her book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.”

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Biden’s Call to Increase LNG Export Capacity on Gulf Coast is Tantamount To Sarah Palin’s Call to ‘Drill Baby Drill’ According to Environmental Advocates

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They told me that the facility is already polluting their air, flaring almost nonstop since December, in addition to the noise and light pollution the facility creates, first from construction and now from operations. Anne Rolfes, founder of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade questioned what the project would do to the seafood industry.

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? Credibility for carbon credit claims #157

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⚡ Turn2x , a Munich, Germany-based RNG from methanation producer, raised $5M in Seed funding from LEA Partners, Verve Ventures, and First Momentum Ventures. Climate change combined with this year’s El Niño set a new record for worldwide heat. Share new deals and announcements with us at hello@ctvc.co

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

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Credit: Nick Cunningham/Gas Outlook But the coastline is under threat from more than just climate change. Those facilities will, in turn, exacerbate the climate crisis that is ravaging the Louisiana coastline where Allaire lives. Stricter Climate Scrutiny The U.S. Yet the LNG expansion goes in the opposite direction.

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Louisiana Communities Already Vulnerable to the Climate Crisis Worry That the Expansion of the LNG Export Industry Could Be Catastrophic

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In a letter to regulators, the Bucket Brigade lambasted the company for seeking permission to pollute more by increasing emission limits in its air quality permit, rather than fixing the issues that led it exceed its permitted emissions. John the Baptist Parish, in trying to slow down the permitting process for Air Products’ project.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

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Climate change is the most significant global threat we face today. Conference New Green Revolution: How to Cut Pollution without Sacrificing Yields (Panel Discussion): Increasing yields often means using more fertilizer, pesticides and herbicides. What can we learn from these early implementations?