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methane leakage

Pressure grows on U.S. regulators to investigate U.S. certified gas industry

April 25, 2023By Andy RowellBlog Post 1 Comment

Pressure is growing on US regulators to investigate and radically overhaul US Certified Gas after shocking revelations were published last week in a report by Oil Change International and Earthworks.

As Biden expands Gulf of Mexico drilling, new research finds it has significantly greater climatic impact than previously thought

April 4, 2023By Andy RowellBlog Post

A new scientific paper, published yesterday in the PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has concluded that government inventories of methane and carbon dioxide significantly underestimate the amount of gases which are released in the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas operations.

Cheniere’s new LNG greenwashing scheme exposes the deep flaws in industry’s methane strategy

August 11, 2022By Andy RowellBlog Post

Oil Change International and Greenpeace USA released a report today raising serious questions about both the methodology and the intent of Cheniere’s so called cargo emission tags or CETs.

Big Oil & API spending millions on Facebook & Instagram to misleadingly spin “gas is green”

July 9, 2021By Andy Rowell#APIMyths, Blog Post

A great joint investigation by Channel 4 news in the UK and InfluenceMap has found that oil industry lobbyists are using social media such as Facebook and Instagram to promote the continued use of gas and the myth that gas is a green fuel.

Sorry, API, Gas Isn’t Why Emissions Are Down

May 17, 2021By Kyle Gracey#APIMyths, Blog Post, Deep Dive, Featured, Fossil Gas

The API claims gas is the main reason US power sector emissions are down. Our latest analysis shows it’s not.

A Dying Industry is Leaving A Deadly Legacy

September 18, 2020By Andy RowellBlog Post 1 Comment

The oil industry maybe dying, but it will still pollute us for decades after its death.

Climate Change: “mind-blowing” warnings from Arctic and Antarctica

July 22, 2020By Andy RowellBlog Post

2020 is continuing to bring deeply worrying climate news from both the Arctic and also Antarctic.

New Permian Methane Leakage Study Confirms What We Already Knew

April 28, 2020By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured, Fossil Gas

A new study published last week confirms what we already knew about oil and gas in the Permian Basin. It’s an unmitigated disaster.

The IEA’s Misplaced Techno-optimism

August 12, 2019By Lorne StockmanBlog Post, Energy Transitions & Futures, Featured, Fossil Gas, Stopping Carbon Lock-In

The third and final installment in a series of blogs on the IEA’s Special Report on gas and energy transitions. This blog discusses the IEA’s analysis of methane leakage and its faith in carbon capture and storage.

The Oil Industry’s Chronic Methane Problem

June 21, 2016By Andy RowellBlog Post, Featured, News 2 Comments

There are a staggering amount of old and new wells with the potential to release methane. At least 3.5 million wells have been drilled in the US, with a quarter of those still active. Many old and new ones are leaking the potent greenhouse gas.

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