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Gas companies abandon wells, leaving them to leak methane

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  • – E&E Climatewire – 9/18/20
Daniel Shaffer September 25, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Natural gas is losing its luster as a “bridge fuel” to renewable energy

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  • – World Oil – 9/9/20
Daniel Shaffer September 11, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change

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  • – The Nation – 4/8/20
Daniel Shaffer April 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

In the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Construction Is Set to Resume on the Keystone Pipeline

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  • – The New Yorker – 4/7/20
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  • Alberta’s $5.3 Billion Backing of Keystone XL Signals Vulnerability of Canadian Oil
Daniel Shaffer April 10, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Governments have ‘historic opportunity’ to accelerate clean energy transition, IEA says

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  • Coronavirus crisis opens new paths toward clean energy
  • Coronavirus calls for an aggressive Green New Deal
Daniel Shaffer March 20, 2020 Big Picture Read more

Virginia Needs a Deep(er) State

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  • – Blue Virginia – 2/18/20
Daniel Shaffer February 21, 2020 Regional & MVP Read more

House green bank bill aims to leverage $35B in government funding into $1T in private investment

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  • – Utility Dive – 12/16/19
Daniel Shaffer December 20, 2019 Big Picture Read more

UK Government Suspends Support for Fracking

The Government of the United Kingdom last week announced it was ending support for the use of hydraulic fracturing technology to extract oil and gas from shale deposits.  The decision was based on a new report by the UK Oil and Gas Authority,

Daniel Shaffer November 7, 2019 Pipeline Updates Read more

Moody’s Buys Climate Data Firm, Signaling New Scrutiny of Climate Risks

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  • – The New York Times – 7/24/19
Daniel Shaffer July 26, 2019 Big Picture Read more

As Climate Changes, Taxpayers Will Shoulder Larger U.S. Payouts To Farmers

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  • – NPR – 7/24/19
Daniel Shaffer July 26, 2019 Big Picture Read more
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The Allegheny Blue-Ridge Alliance (ABRA) is a coalition of organizations concerned about the natural gas pipeline that Dominion Resources and its partner companies have proposed to build through portions of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

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