DeSmogBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

oil refineries released the potent carcinogen benzene in 2020 at levels high enough to require action under federal law, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) reported this week. Our site cleanup work would have no impact on the ambient air readings you are referring to.”. More than a dozen U.S. Credit: Sharon Kelly. “We

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

“It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 5, 2023

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. Shell Norco Manufacturing Complex.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2022

“We cannot continue to throw 8 billion barrels of water back down a hole when I’ve got communities begging for water,” Texas state congressman Drew Darby said at the same event, referring to the practice of injecting oilfield waste underground in saltwater disposal wells. “No No longer can we do that. And so what does it take?”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

Project Canary offers to place devices it calls “ canaries ” — sensors that can monitor for methane and other pollutants like volatile organic compounds (VOC) — at the corners of a well site, so that buyers aren’t reliant on self-reported data from oil and gas drillers. ESG’s influence isn’t just limited to investors or Wall Street.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you're going to sell a credit, we have to be sure that credit exists," said Debbie Reed, executive director of the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), referring to CIBO and Nori's decision to eschew sampling. "I Talk like that makes the Establishment more than a little nervous. "If Is Indigo going to be around in 2100?

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