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Gas Pipeline Climate Methodology: Calculating Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Natural Gas Infrastructure

This methodology document was produced to support the findings of a series of briefings on fracked gas pipelines in the Appalachian Basin.

As Ex and Current EPA Staff Urge Congress to Reject Pruitt; GOP Introduces Law to “Eliminate” Agency

Hundreds of current and former staff at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are urging Congress to reject current Oklahoma Attorney General, Scott Pruitt, from becoming the head of the Agency.

Could Climate Villain Exxon Walk Free?

Last year Exxon was on the ropes, reeling from public exposure of decades of deceit on climate. Now, things are looking up. But who will have the last say?

Tillerson “to be Confirmed as Secretary of State” today

Later today, it is expected that Rex Tillerson, the ex-boss of Exxon, will be confirmed as America’s 69th Secretary of State.

#ShutItDown Trials Begin: “We must stop the fossil fuel industry in its tracks”

Yesterday the trial opened of Ken Ward, a climate activist and co-founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, who risks spending 30 years in prison for shutting down a pipeline carrying tar sands crude last October.

Trudeau Has a “Choice Between KXL and Canada’s Climate Commitments”

As we enter Trump’s second full week in office, one thing has become extremely clear: we face the most hard-line anti-environmental, anti-women, anti-LGBT, anti-immigrant, xenophobic and inherently racist administration in decades in the US.

A California Climate Test?

All is not lost for the climate test. A climate test could be applied at all levels of government, including at the state level. One state where such a policy appears ripe for formulation is California.

“If you want to stand with Standing Rock, now is the time”

If anyone was in any doubt about whether Donald Trump would be a willing puppet of the fossil fuel industry once in office, yesterday he made his intentions clear. He intends to be Big Oil’s puppeteer in chief.

Rex Looks Set to Cement Oil and State Together

Even in their wildest dreams the oil boys at Exxon could never have imagined that their man would actually make it to one of the top jobs in the US Government. But this now looks likely after the Senate Foreign Relations committee narrowly voted to approve ex-Exxon boss, T-Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State yesterday.