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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Promoting ‘Lower Carbon,’ ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Oil and Gas

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Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. But meanwhile, the industry’s methane emissions have continued to rapidly rise.

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Investigation: How the Meat Industry is Climate-Washing its Polluting Business Model

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which represents many of the world’s biggest economies, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predict that global meat production will continue to rise in the coming decade as incomes increase in developing countries.

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Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry

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The update was sparked by decades old changes in drilling technology already used in an area that gained notoriety for having one of the largest methane hot spots on the planet — because of leaking oil and gas wells. Whichever update the BLM and BIA choose will have to take account of an array of competing goals.

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

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A report from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law identified nearly 230 local measures across 35 states that have been enacted to restrict renewable energy development. He is a retired real-estate investor who has been involved in an impressive array of local energy fights over the past 15 years.

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Eye-Catching Stories from 2021

Andrew Winston

It captures a huge array of corporate goals, announcements, partnerships, government action, and more. MLB moving 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia voting law… here. Organic Valley launches RE financing program for farmers… here. Cargill will sell cow face masks to catch burps full of methane… here.