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Aug 18 2016

Oil, gas industry can’t counter NASA study on methane hot spot

By sjca Climate Change, Durango Herald Column, Oil & Gas No Comments

The oil and gas industry is awfully, dangerously, predictable. This week, in response to NASA fingering oil and gas operations as the primary cause of the infamous Four Corners methane hot spot, industry shills did what industry shills do: distort…

Aug 17 2016

Four Corner’s Methane “Super-Emitters” on Camera

By sjca Oil & Gas No Comments

This week NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released a report on the sources of our Four Corners methane hotspot. The study confirmed that the energy industry, specifically natural gas extraction, is as a primary cause. Methane waste on federal lands has serious…

Aug 15 2016

NASA Releases Report On Threatening New Mexico Methane Hotspot

By sjca Climate Change, Oil & Gas No Comments

Today NASA published a report that confirms the energy industry, primarily the natural gas extraction industry, is responsible for the Four Corners methane hotspot. The Four Corners methane hotspot is yet another environmental climate and public health disaster served to our…

Jul 21 2016

Collaboration key in fighting fires in the West

By Erika Brown Climate Change, Durango Herald Column, Forest Health No Comments

Collaboration key in fighting fires in the West It’s summer, it’s hot and dry, and forest fires will burn. Here’s the kicker: That may be a good thing. To unpack this claim, let’s look at two things legions of…

Oil, gas industry can’t counter NASA study on methane hot spot

Four Corner’s Methane “Super-Emitters” on Camera

NASA Releases Report On Threatening New Mexico Methane Hotspot

Collaboration key in fighting fires in the West

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