Good for the planet: At COP27, Lula da Silva positioned Brazil to be a climate leader

1 year 10 months ago
Léalo en español Leia-o em português “Brazil is back,” said President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in his Nov. 16 address to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt. But it’s a Brazil far more attuned to climate change, Amazon deforestation and Indigenous peoples’ rights than the one Lula assumed responsibility for when he first became president […]
Steve Schwartzman

Good for the planet: At COP27, Lula da Silva positioned Brazil to be a climate leader

1 year 10 months ago

Léalo en español Leia-o em português “Brazil is back,” said President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in his Nov. 16 address to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt. But it’s a Brazil far more attuned to climate change, Amazon deforestation and Indigenous peoples’ rights than the one Lula assumed responsibility for when he first became president […]

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Steve Schwartzman

What a catastrophic gas leak in Pennsylvania means for our climate and health

1 year 10 months ago
Update: According to the operator, this leak has been plugged. By Adam Peltz and Jon Goldstein A natural gas storage site in Western Pennsylvania has sprung a massive gas leak that’s impacting both the climate and the communities who live in Cambria County.  The leak began Thursday, Nov. 6 at a facility operated by Equitrans […]
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Details, Details: Quiet Action at COP 27 Tees Up a Big Year for Methane

1 year 10 months ago

  It’s no surprise that COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt closed with few groundbreaking headlines. Going in, we knew it would be  a “working COP” focused on steps to advance the commitments made at previous gatherings. And while some important steps were made on technical issues and a historic agreement on funding arrangements for […]

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Mark Brownstein

Details, Details: Quiet Action at COP 27 Tees Up a Big Year for Methane

1 year 10 months ago
  It’s no surprise that COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt closed with few groundbreaking headlines. Going in, we knew it would be  a “working COP” focused on steps to advance the commitments made at previous gatherings. And while some important steps were made on technical issues and a historic agreement on funding arrangements for […]
Mark Brownstein

Details, Details: Quiet Action at COP 27 Tees Up a Big Year for Methane

1 year 10 months ago
  It’s no surprise that COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt closed with few groundbreaking headlines. Going in, we knew it would be  a “working COP” focused on steps to advance the commitments made at previous gatherings. And while some important steps were made on technical issues and a historic agreement on funding arrangements for […]
Mark Brownstein

Key things we learned from studying methane in the nation’s largest oilfield 

1 year 10 months ago

By Ben Hmiel and Jon Goldstein After three years of actively collecting methane emissions data in the Permian Basin, researchers have gained new insights that will make it easier to reduce emissions of the incredibly potent greenhouse gas methane. These insights are helping inform state and federal regulatory approaches at a critical time.  Download the […]

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EDF Blogs

Key things we learned from studying methane in the nation’s largest oilfield 

1 year 10 months ago
By Ben Hmiel and Jon Goldstein After three years of actively collecting methane emissions data in the Permian Basin, researchers have gained new insights that will make it easier to reduce emissions of the incredibly potent greenhouse gas methane. These insights are helping inform state and federal regulatory approaches at a critical time.  Download the […]
EDF Blogs

Key things we learned from studying methane in the nation’s largest oilfield 

1 year 10 months ago
By Ben Hmiel and Jon Goldstein After three years of actively collecting methane emissions data in the Permian Basin, researchers have gained new insights that will make it easier to reduce emissions of the incredibly potent greenhouse gas methane. These insights are helping inform state and federal regulatory approaches at a critical time.  Download the […]
EDF Blogs

Key things we learned from studying methane in the nation’s largest oilfield 

1 year 10 months ago
By Ben Hmiel and Jon Goldstein After three years of actively collecting methane emissions data in the Permian Basin, researchers have gained new insights that will make it easier to reduce emissions of the incredibly potent greenhouse gas methane. These insights are helping inform state and federal regulatory approaches at a critical time.  Download the […]
EDF Blogs

Green shipping corridors: criteria for success

1 year 10 months ago
By Marie Hubatova After decades of sailing under the radar, international shipping and its climate impact is gradually getting more attention from other actors than just environmental non-governmental organizations. The shift has also been obvious at the most recent UN Climate Change Conferences. Last year in Glasgow, signatory countries of the Clydebank Declaration pledged to […]
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