New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region
New research based on satellite data confirms that the oil and gas industry in the Permian region of Texas and New Mexico is leaking record amounts of methane.
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Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions
ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. It has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate change while running ads touting its own efforts to do so.
Is the U.S. Fracking Boom Based on Fraud?
In a 2016 interview with Fraud Magazine, former Enron CFO Andrew Fastow explained what he thought made him so successful while at the former energy corporation that’s now infamous for financial scandal.
“I think my ability to do structured financing, to finance things off-balance sheet and to find ways
The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem
Methane is shorter-lived in the atmosphere but 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period.
Stanford Study Says Renewable Power Eliminates Argument for Using Carbon Capture with Fossil Fuels
New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z. Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
New Estimates Predict a Lot More Renewable Power Growth in the U.S. Very Soon
After revising its three-year U.S. power forecast, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewables by 2022, according to a review of the data by the SUN DAY Campaign, a pro-renewables research and education nonprofit.
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Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?
This post originally appeared on DeSmog.
Two years ago, the U.S. fracking industry was trying to recover from the crash in the price of oil. Shale companies were promoting the idea that fracking was viable even at low oil prices (despite losing money when oil prices were high). At