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Liquefied Natural Gas Carbon Footprint Is Worse than Coal 1024

Satellite Analysis Shows Repeat Permian Methane Emitters 0824

Energy Industry’s Methane Emissions Are near Record, despite Pledges 0324

Oil and Gas Companies Emit More Methane than EPA Reports 0324

Greens Win Indian Point Nuclear Plant Closure, but Raise New York Emissions 0324

Methane Scientist Says LNG’s Emissions Are Worse than Coal’s 0224

Methane from Oil and Gas Are Worse than Reported to UN, Satellites Show 0923

Methane Pollution “Pouring Out” of Australian Gas Infrastructure 0823 - 150,000 tonnes a year from just a few of the sites

Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal 0723

Australian Fossil Fuels Giants Severely Underestimate Methane Leaks 0723

Energy Companies Ignore Fixing Methane Leaks - a Cheap, Powerful Climate Fix 0223

Earth Can Warm Nearly 1°C by 2100 from Agriculture Methane Emissions Alone 0323

Pennsylvania Community in Shock, Feels Unsafe, after Record Methane Leak 0323

EPA’s Risky Methane Gambit - Let Outsiders Look for Leaks 0323

Yet More Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated 0223

Massive Gas Leak Erased Gains from Half of USA’s 2021 Electric Vehicles Sales 1222

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Methane Leaks in New Mexico Far Exceed Current Estimates 0322 - Emissions averaged 9.4% of gross gas production, vs  1.4% EPA estimate.  The breakeven leakage rate for natural gas is  3% (Howarth).  9.4% means natural gas is much worse for climate than coal.

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Fixing Oil & Gas Industry Methane Leaks, a Climate Game Changer, Pays for Itself 1122

Methane Emissions from Gas & Oil May Be 5 X Higher than Previously Thought 0922

Oil and Gas Companies Underreported Methane Leaks 0622

Coal Mining Emits More Methane Than Venting & Flaring from Gas and Oil Wells 0322

Halting the Vast Methane Release Is Critical for Climate, U.N. Says 0421

Cow Burps, Leaky Pipelines Put Earth on High-End Warming Track 0720

Oil and Gas - CH4 Leaks - May Be a Far Bigger Climate Threat Than We Knew 0220

New NASA Study Confirms Methane Spike Tied to Oil and Gas 0119

Methane Seeps Out as Arctic Permafrost Starts to Resemble Swiss Cheese 0717

Replacing Old Gas Pipes Reduces Leaks 0915

Gas Utilities Reduce Methane Leaks 0315

Siberian Crater Saga Is More Widespread and Scarier Than Anyone Thought 0215

Study Finds Relatively Low Methane Emissions from 3 Major US Gas Fields 0215

Climate Change Mitigation’s Best-Kept Secret - Methane 0115

Cities May be Leaking More Heat-Trapping Methane Than Previously Thought 0115

Boston Belching Gigantic Gobs of Greenhouse Gas 0115

Activists Say Obama Action on Methane Emissions ‘Misses 90% of Pollution’ 0115

L.A. Basin Methane Emissions Found up to 61% Higher than Estimates 0115

Accounting For Methane Emissions From Oil And Gas Wells 0115

Leaking City Gas Pipes Pose Climate Hazard 1214

Scientists Refute Lower Emissions Claim for Fracking 1014

Huge Methane Emissions ‘Hot Spot’ Found in Southwest US 1014

Fracking’s Methane Emissions Fell 70% from 2011 to 2013 - 0914

EPA May Force Drillers to Cut Methane Leaks, Chief Says  0914

Another Study Points to Climate Harm from Gas Drilling 0514

EIP Announces Hidden Climate Change Impact to Fracking Boom 1213

Solving the Case of California's Extra Methane 0513

A Global Look at Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas 0213 

EPA Sees Fracking as #2 GHG Source 0213  

Methane Leaks Erode Green Credentials of Natural Gas 0113  

Excess CH4 Near Fracking in Australia 1112  

Oil Sands to Undo Canada GHG Cuts 0811  

Natural Gas from Shale Contributes to Global Warming 0411

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