Earthquakes & Oil Well Blowouts In West Texas Associated With Wastewater Injection

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:15:47 +0000

Fracking is big business in West Texas, but irreparable damage to the Earth and groundwater is a result. Who pays to clean up the mess?

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Global Emissions Will Peak In 2024, Claims DNV In Latest Report

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:45:04 +0000

DNV has released it latest energy transition report, in which peers into the future on topics like peak oil and EV sales.

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Stop Emitting Nasty GHG Methane & It Will Disappear From Air In Our Lifetime

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:00:54 +0000

Methane is so hot right now. Well, it’s making the world a lot hotter, because it’s a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and we’ve been increasing the amount we’re dumping into the air. That’s not a good kind of hot. The United States is the worst emitter … [continued]

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Criticisms Of LNG Export Emissions Study Don’t Withstand Scrutiny

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 03:58:33 +0000

For the past year, a preprint paper has been undergoing one of the most public, rancorous and extensive peer-review processes in the history of US academics. Is it on race relations? Tax cuts for the rich? Hollywood starlets? No, it’s on liquified natural gas (LNG) emissions of greenhouse gases. The … [continued]

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Emissions From LNG Are Worse Than From Burning Coal

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 21:22:33 +0000

The fossil fuel industry has a multi-billion-dollar plan to build new LNG (liquified natural gas) terminals in the Gulf of Mexico near the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. One of the reasons for building those terminals is a claim that LNG results in fewer carbon emissions than burning coal, so … [continued]

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Why Are You Paying To Subsidize The Fossil Fuel Industry?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 14:14:18 +0000

How much are you willing to subsidize the government and prop up the fossil fuel industry? Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity targets. The public should not be paying at the pump … [continued]

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Why Does California’s Newest Plastic Bag Ban Make A Difference?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:20:06 +0000

California has passed a new amendment that adds to its original plastic bag ban. The state banned single-use plastic bags beginning in 2016 but allowed thicker “reusable” plastic bags to be sold for a 10 cent fee. Officials there thought that the original legislative design, with a few caveats, would … [continued]

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Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:20:42 +0000

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

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China Likely To Have Lower GHG Emissions Than USA By 2035

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:37:08 +0000

China’s electrification, renewables, and infrastructure trajectories mean coal demand is going to plummet, and emissions with it. The USA? Not so much.

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