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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers conclude that as much as five times more methane is being leaked from oil and gas production than reported.

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Global Methane Pledge: 150 nations now part of drive to slash emissions by 2030

Business Green

Just 50 nations worldwide now outside initiative that aims to cut methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030. First launched with just over 100 national backers at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow a year ago, the Global Methane Pledge commits signatories to collectively reducing emissions of the gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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

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John the Baptist Parish have a lifetime risk of cancer from air pollution that is 800 times higher than the national average. Every stage of natural gas production and distribution releases methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas. Lydia Gerard, one of the founding members of the Concerned Citizens of St.

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The quest for cleaner air

Envirotec Magazine

India Gate, New Delhi: Residents of the city face pollution levels with a health impact estimated to be equivalent to smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (image credit: Amit kg / Shutterstock.com). Centuries on, sources of airborne pollution are only becoming more numerous and wide ranging.

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New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

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Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say. ” Cover of the 1987 internal Shell publication “Air Pollution: an Oil Industry Perspective.” The Washington D.C.-based

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

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were among the top emitters of at least seven toxic substances documented by the TRI. Eight emission events in six months, according to Neal Carman, a former Texas air pollution investigator who now works for the Sierra Club, doesn’t bode well for those who live near the plant. Pollution from plastic production in the U.S.