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'Methane Misinformation': Report Details Broken Climate Pledges of Oil and Gas Giants

Flames are visible from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. (Photo: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Corbis via Getty Images)

Researchers Worry Methane Discovery in Arctic Ocean Could Signal Dangerous New Climate Feedback Loop

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

An satellite view of the Laptev Sea, Siberia. (Photo: NASA)

"Climate warming is awakening the 'sleeping giants' of the carbon cycle," warned one researcher.

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'Be Afraid—Be Very Afraid': Methane Ruling Seen as Ominous Sign With Barrett Poised to Join Supreme Court

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A gas flare is seen at an oil well site on July 26, 2013 outside Williston, North Dakota.

The judge delivered a "puzzling and unsupported conclusion that the Bureau of...

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Trump EPA Plows Ahead With 'Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive' Rollback of Methane Emissions Rules

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A gas flare is seen at an oil well site on outside Williston, North Dakota. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

"Even for the Trump administration, this is an appalling new low."

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Trump EPA Plan to Gut Emission Rules for Oil and Gas Industry Denounced as 'Beyond Comprehension'

As Planet Edges Closer to Multiple Climate Tipping Points, Scientists Identify First Active Methane Gas Leak in Antarctica

'Resounding' Win for Public Health and Climate as Judge Blocks Trump Attempt to Gut Methane Restrictions

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

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

Flames from a flaring pit

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

$2018 fracked gas well blowout in rural ohio$

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

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

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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

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

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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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Western Values Project

Big Oil’s Big Methane Problem Would Go Unchecked Under Nominee Amy Coney Barrett

Accountable.US

Judge’s Methane Rule Rings Alarm Bells for Those Watching Coney Barrett Nomination

Public Citizen

Trump Administration Continues Assault on Climate, Americans’ Health With Obama-Era Methane Rule Rollback

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Rolls Back Methane Pollution Rules for Oil, Gas Industry

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

EPA’s New, Weakened Methane Rules Will Accelerate the Dangers of Climate Change

Accountable.US

Wheeler Weakens EPA Coal Ash Rules For Former Client

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Andy Rowell

A Dying Industry is Leaving A Deadly Legacy

Andy Rowell

Climate Change: Mind-Blowing Warnings from Arctic and Antarctica

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