by #DylanBaddour in @insideclimatenews:

"In one instance, the $17 billion company vented 238,000 pounds of gas when facilities in its pipeline network dialed back operations 'to prevent them from shutting down due to high ambient temperature.' In another, it released 168,000 pounds 'to prevent compressor units from overheating due to high ambient temperature.'”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062023/texas-pipeline-flare-release-gasheat/

#Texas #TargaResources #pipeline #flare #HeatWave #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #GlobalWarming #environment #pollution #toxins #emissions #InsideClimateNews

Imagining a World Without #FossilFuels

#MarkStoll’s new book "#Profit" describes how #capitalism and its spawn, #consumerism, fuel #climatechange and #environmental degradation. "The #environment," he writes, "can no longer bear the cost."

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022023/warming-trends-world-without-fossil-fuels/

#KellyBense #InsideClimateNews #climatechange

From a new paper in Science reported by #InsideClimateNews:

“We now have this airtight, unimpeachable evidence that Exxon accurately predicted global warming years before it turned around and publicly attacked climate science.”

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012023/exxon-doubt-climate-science/

#climatechange #climatejustice

“After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution

Following years of appeals from environmental activists, the EPA has proposed new standards for harmful particles known as PM 2.5. Some advocates say the changes don’t go far enough.”

via #InsideClimateNews

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10012023/pm-2-5-air-pollution-epa-standards/

#InsideClimateNews: Restoring #Watersheds, and Hope, After New Mexico’s Record-Breaking #Wildfires

Local nonprofits and a tribe that recovered from earlier blazes are critical allies for communities threatened by floods after the largest fire in state history.

#Indigenous #ClimateResilience #ClimateChange

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15122022/new-mexico-wildfire-watershed-recovery/?utm_campaign=Rockies%20Today&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

#InsideClimateNews usually makes for a good read. But qualifying #OffshoreWind as “technology in its early stages” demonstrates American myopia. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05012023/inside-clean-energy-what-to-expect-2023/
Europe now has a total installed offshore wind capacity of 28.4 GW (September 2022) – over 5,795 grid-connected wind turbines in 123 offshore wind farms across 13 countries.
https://windeurope.org/policy/topics/offshore-wind-ports/
Also, power from offshore windfarms is already cost competitive and, moreover, immune for global market manipulation