By Steve Horn U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have introduced a bill to fast-track the regulatory process for the export of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG). The bill, titled “Small Scale LNG Access Act,” was introduced on Oct. 18 and calls for amending the “Natural Gas Act to expedite […]
Builders of the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline now possess the five remaining holdout properties in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, following a federal judge’s decision Wednesday. The ruling from Judge Jeffrey Schmehl granted Transcontinental Pipe Line Co.’s (Transco) motion to condemn the rights of way on the properties and granted the company immediate possession of the land, Lancaster […]
By Farron Cousins For many years, a standard talking point from the fossil fuel industry and those who speak on the industry’s behalf has been that natural gas is a cleaner alternative to conventional energy sources like coal and oil. This talking point is at least partially responsible for many people—including former President Barack Obama […]
By Andy Rowell Amidst the continued dire warnings about climate change, censored scientists and stranded assets, the oil industry keeps on doing what it does best: keeps on belligerently looking for more oil and gas. Earlier this week, BP announced it had discovered what it is labelling a “significant new source of U.S. natural gas […]
By Kristen Lombardi and Jamie Smith Hopkins They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from Appalachia to markets in every direction. Together these new and expanded pipelines—comprising 2,500 miles of steel […]
Natural gas is often considered the cleanest fossil fuel, but could it actually be dirtier than coal? Watch as New York Times reporter Mark Bittman, in the above Year’s of Living Dangerously video, investigates how much methane is leaking at fracking wells. Find out how the natural gas industry’s claims compare to what scientists are […]
By Paul Brown Natural gas will have to be phased out along with coal if the world is to be kept safe from dangerous climate change. And that seems likely to have to happen far sooner than most official forecasts, according to a new report. If countries want to reach their Paris climate agreement goals […]
By Julie McNamara A curious thing happened in the aftermath of President Trump attempting to sign away the past eight years of work on climate and clean energy: The public face of progress didn’t flinch. From north to south and east to west, utilities and businesses and states and cities swore their decarbonization compasses were […]
Energy Transfer Partners‘ new Rover Pipeline has spilled millions of gallons of drilling fluids into Ohio’s wetlands. Construction of the $4.2 billion project only began last month. According to regulatory filings obtained by Sierra Club Ohio, on April 13, 2 million gallons of drilling fluids spilled into a wetland adjacent to the Tuscarawas River in […]
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