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Why methane is a large and underestimated threat to climate goals
Scientists say climate negotiators have misjudged the effects of rising methane emissions and warn the potent greenhouse gas could imperil hopes of meeting mid-century climate targets.
Methane plumes detected near Energy Transfer's natural gas pipeline
The super-warming greenhouse gas came from a natural-gas pipeline operated by Energy Transfer.
Reports of Hurricane Ida oil, chemical spills escalate in Louisiana waters
Less than half the reports have been investigated by the Coast Guard.
Israel places gag order on probe into oil spill that closed beaches and devastated wildlife
A suspected offshore oil tanker leak has shuttered Israel’s more than 100-mile coastline and caused an ecological disaster that could require years of cleanup.
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www.nationalgeographic.com
The Arctic Refuge is opening for oil drilling. Why is industry interest so weak?
A lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is set for January 6. But drilling proponents are battling economic headwinds.
www.washingtonpost.com
In Russia’s fast-warming Arctic, questions over Moscow’s big plans for the Far North
Thawing permafrost may have caused a disastrous diesel spill above the Arctic Circle and poses wider threats to Putin’s ambitious plans for military and industrial development in the region.
grist.org
US states have spent the past 5 years trying to criminalize protest
Recent years have seen unprecedented racial and environmental justice protests — and an unprecedented state response.
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