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Over 570 Groups Endorse Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez's Fracking Ban Act as 'Essential and Urgent Climate Action'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

Study Suggests Fossil Fuel Use Emits Up to 40% More Climate-Heating Methane Than Previously Thought

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Flames from a flaring pit

The lead author said that one positive implication of the research is "if we can reduce our emissions, it's going to have more of an impact."

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This So-Called Bridge Fuel 'Leads to Hell': Blowout at ExxonMobil Fracking Site Among Nation's Worst-Ever Methane Leaks

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

$2018 fracked gas well blowout in rural ohio$

New data about the 2018 incident sparks fresh warnings about the dangers of...

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'Another Year. Another Record.': Levels of Key Climate-Heating Gases Hit New Highs in 2018, UN Reveals

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

fossil fuel infrastructure

"There is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline," warns the World...

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'This Is Truly Terrifying': Scientists Studying Underwater Permafrost Thaw Find Area of the Arctic Ocean 'Boiling With Methane Bubbles'

'Sociopathic Disregard for Our Future': Trump EPA Set to Gut Restrictions on Planet-Warming Methane Emissions

Fracking Boom in US and Canada Largely to Blame for 'Massive' Rise of Global Methane Levels: Study

A collapsed block of ice-rich permafrost along Drew Point, Alaska.

'Canary in the Coal Mine': Experts Warn of Climate Tipping Point as Scientists Find Permafrost Thawing 70 Years Ahead of Schedule

$anti-fracking protesters$

As Study Shows Methane Emissions 'Vastly Underestimated,' Warnings That US Fracked Gas Export Bonanza Imperils Planetary Stability

'Gas Is a Loser and It's Time to Move On': Report Debunks Myth That Natural Gas Can Help Fight Climate Crisis

Point Barrow

Thawing Permafrost Emitting Higher Levels of Potent Greenhouse Gas Than Previously Thought: Study

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

'This Is a Big Deal': Warren Vows to Ban New Leases for Fossil Fuel Drilling Offshore and on Public Lands

As Trump Reportedly Scrambles to Find Climate 'Victories' Ahead of 2020, Green Group Says: 'There Are None'

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Delayed and Over Budget Fracked Gas Pipeline Faces 'Triple Threat,' New Briefing Warns Investors

Leaked Audio Exposes Oil Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Trump Access

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'In a Just World, It Would Be Treated as Crime Against Humanity': New Report Exposes Big Oil's Real Agenda

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Now We Are Spreading Freedom Gas Around the World and We Are Definitely Doomed

What fresh hell is this. Not only did the USS McCain have to hide from our fragile toddler-in-chief in Japan, but the Energy Department is touting our increased natural gas production as allowing "molecules of U.S. freedom" to be globally exported and "spreading freedom gas throughout the world," even if it also causes freedom global warming and freedom cancer. We are beyond parody, Orwell and jingoistic stupid. Just take us out back of the barn.

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Physicians for Social Responsibility

PSR Statement on Trump EPA's Attempt to Gut Vital New Source Performance Standards on Methane Emissions...

As You Sow

Trump Administration’s Roll Back of Methane Regulations Shows ‘Profound Ignorance of Climate Change and State of Methane Monitoring Technology’

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Trump Administration Proposal to Gut Methane Rules Would Accelerate Climate Change

Earthworks

EPA Dismantles Critical Methane Pollution Safeguards

Food & Water Watch

EPA Rollback of Methane Rules Shows Disdain for Our Future

As You Sow

Devon Energy Commits to Methane Target; Full Carbon Footprint Remains Large

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Emily Folk

Environmental Changes in our Food System

Ben Lilliston

Cory Booker's Halt on Factory Farms Would Help the Climate

Hasan Seede

The Recent Natural Gas Blowout in South Texas Highlights the Need for Strong Regulation

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington

Fracked Gas Heats the Planet, But Supporters Say It’s a Solution

Olivia Alperstein

The Climate Crisis Is Also a Health Emergency

Sonali Kolhatkar

Plastic Is Just as Destructive to the Climate as Oil and Gas

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Our Zero Emission Future

Jackson Koeppel

Organizing for Energy Democracy in the Face of Austerity

Ben Lilliston

Latest Agriculture Emissions Data Show Rise of Factory Farms

Bill McKibben

A Future Without Fossil Fuels?