BNN Bloomberg featured an article this morning about a major Methane gas leak in Texas. A gas line operated by Energy Transfer LP released emissions equivalent to that of 16,000 cars over the course of a year. An estimated 900 metric tons of methane that will trapped the same amount of heat as 75,600 tons of carbon dioxide over the course of two decades.
In the News: Gas Company Windfall Prompts Pushback
With the war in Ukraine, major US oil and gas companies are set to make an aditional profit of anywhere from 37 to 126 billion dollars. This is sparking some pushback and Greenpeace is even extending that pushback opportunity to the community.
Resources:
https://priceofoil.org/2022/03/29/us-oil-and-gas-companies-set-to-make-tens-of-billions-more-from-wartime-oil-prices-in-2022/
https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/u-s-oil-and-gas-companies-set-to-make-tens-of-billions-more-from-wartime-oil-prices-in-2022/