DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Vague ethics laws, lack of enforcement, and a campaign finance system soaked in fossil fuel cash all combine to make the Texas Railroad Commission a “captive agency,” argue Commission Shift and Texans for Public Justice, two watchdog groups, in their new report. The laws are vaguely defined and that is being exploited.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A recently published chapter of the Harvard Law Review argues that “While utility companies have been building and profiting off fossil fuels without internalizing the down-stream consequences and costs for decades, their regulators—state agency leaders—have approved their actions at every step of the way.”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Ultimately, he filed 21 internal ethical misconduct complaints against colleagues and top executives, including current NW Natural CEO David Anderson, later elevating his concerns to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC), the body that regulates NW Natural.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-grown meat dramatically cuts back on carbon emissions , methane emissions, water consumption and land use. The rules are so strict, that some cheeses that we have been eating for centuries would have been banned under these laws. What if we could genetically enhance cows to not emit methane anymore? Absolutely.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some of these cases have been brought under consumer fraud or protection laws that penalise companies for misrepresenting their products to the public. “The increase in CO2 and methane has corresponded with increasing industrialisation, use of fossil fuels, intensification of agriculture and deforestation. The Washington D.C.-based

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2024

The donation comes on the heels of the Conservative government issuing hundreds of new oil and gas licences in 2023, and writing annual licensing rounds into law. Offshore gas fields worldwide are major sources of emissions of methane, a powerful, short-lived greenhouse gas. degree-warmed world. The Charity Gala raised £1.2

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