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Methane, a Key Global Warming Source, Is Targeted by Nations [1]

Carbon dioxide may get more attention, but the second-most damaging greenhouse gas, methane, is now the focus of a global pledge to cut emissions 30% by 2030. ​​As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at methane with energy reporter Nushin Huq. A primer on the climate-related problems of methane and the promise of methane-based solutions. Plus, watch a recent SEJ methane solutions webinar [2] and see our Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [3].

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Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
International [22]
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"‘We’re Losing Our People’" [24]

"Covid-19 ravaged Indigenous tribes in New Mexico. State and federal data reveal how a long legacy of uranium exposure may have made them uniquely vulnerable."

Environmental Justice [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Pollution [15]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Capital & Main [27], 09/15/2022
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Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [3]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [2] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

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Agriculture [28]
Air [29]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Studies [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
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Houston Rail Yard Linked To Highly Toxic Waste Mixed With Creosote [34]

"Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens residents have been fighting for years to get hazardous creosote chemicals cleaned up from the ground and groundwater around their homes. But creosote might not have been the only harmful substance that workers used at the rail yard in the neighborhood, and it might not have been the most dangerous."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Houston Chronicle [35], 08/29/2022
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"Surrounded By Fossil Fuels, They Fear Climate Bill Leaves Them Behind" [36]

"PORT ARTHUR, Tex. — On any given day at the Prince Hall apartment complex, the breeze might carry soot and stink of burning tar. Black smoke might billow overhead as excess gas is burned at one of the refineries directly across the road. The fumes make Ariel Watson’s head ache until she can barely think. Jeremy Roy, 9, closes his windows against air that “stinks like farts.”"

Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Washington Post [37], 08/29/2022
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"At Least One Dead After Dallas Area Hit By 1-In-1,000-Year Flood" [38]

"Streets and highways around Dallas remained waterlogged Monday afternoon after flash floods struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight, leaving at least one person dead. Signs of flooding lingered even after the rain mostly cleared from the metroplex."

Climate Change [6]
Disasters [39]
Water & Oceans [40]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Washington Post [41], 08/23/2022
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Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [42]

Disasters driven by climate change can leave a lot of people needing help or being displaced long term. But a key safety net and a central federal aid agency often accomplish little to help climate refugees, reports the latest TipSheet. Get the backstory, plus the outlook, along with questions and resources for stories in your community in the wake of climate disasters.

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Climate Change [6]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [44]
Planning & Growth [45]
Policy [14]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
California [46]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
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Chevron Jumps Into Texas' News Desert With Stories About Puppies and Oil [48]

"Chevron-sponsored Permian Proud is providing community news (and corporate propaganda) in one of Texas' most news-starved regions."

Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Journalism & Media [12]
Public [23]
National (U.S.) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Earther [49], 08/19/2022
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"Shadowy Oil and Gas Interests Are Deciding Texas' Energy Fate" [50]

"The future of Texas’ troubled electric grid is being decided in the dark, with zero public input, by a group of people with deep connections to the fossil fuel industry."

Climate Change [6]
Consumer [51]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [53]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Public [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Source: Earther [54], 08/17/2022
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"EPA Launches Civil Rights Probes Of Texas Regulator" [55]

"EPA is opening two civil rights investigations of Texas’ environmental agency, exploring whether state regulators failed to properly permit concrete batch plants and discriminated against people who speak limited English."

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Source: E&E News [56], 08/10/2022
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