Oil Companies Complicit In Iraqi Deaths From Gas Flaring, Says BBC
A BBC documentary finds that people who live near gas flaring sites in Iraq have a 20% higher rate of cancer from the pollution they cause.
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Selling Oil Wells: More Marketing Than Climate Action?
Those wells need to be decommissioned so that they never again spout emissions. But promising climate action and delivering it are two entirely different things.
How To Fix Flaring For A Quick Emissions Win
A new year has arrived, and with the new presidential administration, climate change is again on the agenda in the United States, the world’s largest gas producer. The oil and gas industry has a quick win within reach to cut emissions — by putting out the fire of natural gas flaring.
The Myth Of U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions
This is an excellent, insightful piece by Kevin Matthews, Editor-in-Chief of Architecture Week (reposted from Climate Progress). Though, heads up, it’s also a bit depressing (especially for those of us who were quite happy to see news of the US CO2 emissions drop mentioned below). Not much to preface it with, … [continued]
