Episodes Notes:
Natural Gas is Scamming America
Sources & Citations
Citations reference first appearance, without repeating for subsequent usage:
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EIA: U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2022 (2023)
The World Bank: Methane from Oil and Gas Production Explained (Accessed 2024)
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Science: Natural gas could warm the planet as much as coal in the short term (2018)
EPA: Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program: History of Proposed Rules (2017)
EPA: Electric Power Sector Basics (Accessed 2024)
EIA: FAQS: How much natural gas is consumed in the United States? (2023)
The New Yorker: A Smoking Gun for Biden’s Big Climate Decision? (2023)
Canary Media: Chart: The US is officially the world’s biggest LNG exporter (2023)
EIA: The United States exported more LNG than any other country in the first half of 2023 (2023)
EIA: Annual Energy Outlook 2009 (2009)
World Economic Forum: The surprising decline in US petroleum consumption (2015)
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The Washington Post: Alliance between natural gas industry, environmental groups fractures (2012)
FRONTLINE PBS: The Power of Big Oil, Part Three: Delay (2022)
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NPR: 75 Years Later: The Day The Town School Exploded (2012)
Bloomberg: Phillips 66 Failed to Report Big Gas Release Spotted From Space (2023)
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The Obama White House: 2012 State of the Union: Enhanced Version (2012)
Associated Press: EPA methane report further divides fracking camps (2013)
Associated Press: Natural gas surpasses coal as biggest US electricity source (2015)
EIA: Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (2016)
Associated Press: Supreme Court allows construction to resume on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (2023)
CBS News: Biden celebrates Inflation Reduction Act at White House event (2022)
IEA: Natural gas is now stronger than ever in the United States power sector (2023)
The Guardian: US oil and gas production set to break record in 2023 despite UN climate goals (2023)
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EIA: U.S. exports of natural gas set a record high in the first half of 2023 (2023)
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ScienceDirect: Handbook of Liquefied Natural Gas (2014)
The Lens NOLA: LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated (2023)
The Washington Post: Engineers raise alarms over the risk of major explosions at LNG plants (2021)
Reuters: U.S. exports first shale gas as LNG tanker sails from Sabine Pass terminal (2016)
EIA: Natural Gas Weekly Update (2016)
FERC: U.S. LNG Export Terminals – Existing, Approved not Yet Built, and Proposed (2024)
Reuters: America exports natural gas, imports high price (2022)
Grist: ‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquefied natural gas took over the Gulf Coast (2023)
Jeremy Symons: Status of U.S. LNG Export Permits and Associated Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2023)
EIA: LNG export capacity from North America is likely to more than double through 2027 (2023)
IEA: World Energy Outlook 2022: Outlook for gaseous fuels (2022)
New York Times: Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals (2024)
LNG Prime: Venture Global LNG ships first Calcasieu Pass cargo (2022)
Reuters: Venture Global LNG presses regulators to approve its CP2 LNG project (2024)
Canary Media: In win for climate advocates, Biden to pause decision on LNG exports (2024)
Center for Strategic & International Studies: Biden Administration Pauses New LNG Approvals (2024)
Canary Media: Biden paused LNG export approvals, but activists say fight is far from over (2024)
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: Should it be called “natural gas” or “methane”? (2020)
The Washington Post: A new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space (2024)
Marketplace Tech: Tracking methane from space to slow the warming of Earth (2023)
BBC News: Satellite measures methane levels in atmosphere (2024)
Planet: Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program To Pinpoint Methane And CO2 Super Emitters (2021)