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Department of Energy’s go-to firm helped prepare Alaska LNG’s bogus climate assessment
Greenpeace USA research reveals that the authorization was granted on the basis of a deeply flawed environmental analysis, and consultants who supported the analysis had ties to the gas industry.
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The high cost of cheap tuna: US supermarkets, sustainability, and human rights at sea (3rd edition)
In Greenpeace USA’s third scorecard measuring the human rights and sustainability practices of 16 major US supermarkets’ tuna supply chains, only two retailers achieved a passing score.
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Permit To kill: Potential health and economic impacts from U.S. LNG export terminal permitted emissions
Research from Sierra Club and Greenpeace USA shows that permitted emissions from LNG terminals are associated with major public health costs.
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Bankrolling Bitcoin pollution: How Big Finance supports a new climate threat
Bitcoin mining has grown into a big commercial industry dominated by publicly traded companies that operate large-scale mining facilities that often use as much electricity as a small city. In…
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Department of Energy used gas industry insiders and consultants to build the case for soaring LNG exports
Overview For roughly the past decade, in the absence of a specifically articulated policy for reviewing liquefied natural gas (LNG) export applications, the Department of Energy (DOE) has adopted a…
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Mining for power: connection between Bitcoin miners, corporate interest groups, and climate deniers
Introduction Greenpeace USA research reveals how the Bitcoin mining industry is interconnected with the fossil fuel and other polluting industry groups and climate denialists that oppose needed action to address…
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What Biden’s LNG Pause Does and Doesn’t Do
Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced a “pause” on new export approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, while the Department of Energy (DOE) reviews its LNG export policy. This is…
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Polluting Bitcoin mines come to rural Georgia
Cleanspark’s Bitcoin boom in rural Georgia, backed by Wall Street giants, raises environmental and social concerns challenging the promised benefits to rural communities.
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Dollars vs. Democracy 2023
Americans overwhelmingly support government action on the climate crisis. As a result, the fossil fuel industry has expanded its playbook…
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Riot Platforms: The Company Behind the Most Energy Intensive Bitcoin Mine in the U.S.
Summary Riot Platforms is leading the polluting Bitcoin boom in Texas. The company operates the largest, and one of most energy and carbon-intensive, Bitcoin mines in the U.S. at their…