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Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’
Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals the weakness of voluntary model.
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Fossil fuel companies finally accept the climate crisis – just not their role in it
The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted strategy.
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An oil refinery defined life in this quaint California city. What happens when it’s gone?
For decades, the Valero refinery shaped Benicia’s economy, politics and health. Now the city has become a reluctant test case of whether an oil town can reinvent itself
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account.
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Texas pipeline operators released or flared tons of gas to avert explosions during heatwave
Oil and gas companies in West Texas released hundreds of tons of toxic gases into the air last week as a record-breaking heatwave drove pressure inside pipelines and compressors to dangerously high levels.
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Kate Aronoff: Be angry about the wildfire pollution – but be angry at the right people
A poisonous haze made the air over New York temporarily more hazardous than any other place on Earth. Thank fossil fuel billionaires, writes Kate Aronoff in The Guardian.
In a nutshell:
Unprecedented wildfires in Canada, fueled by rising temperatures and dry conditions, have caused a poisonous haze that blanketed the northeast, making the air quality in New York City worse than anywhere else in the world. A study reveals that 88 of the world's top greenhouse gas-emitting companies, including Saudi Aramco, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Gazprom, and BP, are responsible for half of the additional dryness and 37% of the area burned by wildfires in the western US and southwestern Canada.
Key quote:
"It makes sense that anyone facing conditions as awful as those caused by the smoke this week would get angry. The trick is to get angry at the right people: fossil fuel billionaires who couldn’t care less about the horrors they’ve unleashed", Aronoff argues.
Big picture:
The long-term global health impacts of toxic smoke pollution and ongoing fossil fuel use are significant. Air pollution from burning fossil fuels is responsible for one in five deaths worldwide, with approximately 10 million deaths per year attributed to air pollution. The smoke pollution caused by wildfires and exacerbated by rising temperatures and dry conditions poses a serious threat to public health, contributing to respiratory issues, cardiovascular problems, and other health complications.
Read the entire opinion piece at The Guardian.
For additional context about environmental health in general, check out What Is Environmental Heath?
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Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study
The world’s top fossil fuel companies owe at least $209bn in annual climate reparations to compensate communities most damaged by their polluting business and decades of lies, a new study calculates.
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