Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb Texas Methane Hunters 2023-03-14 | Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb is an award-winning film directed by Sharon Wilson and Miguel Escoto about a 22-year-old activist that comes face to face with what is now the world's largest source of climate pollution: the Texas Permian Basin.**Help defuse the Permian Climate Bomb: http://www.earthworks.org/permian**2011 Methane Study: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-011-0061-5The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 8: Oilfield Workers for a Just Transition Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | John Beard Jr., founder and president of the Port Arthur Community Action Network, worked at Exxon for 38 years. As a community advocate focusing on environmental issues and community development today, John knows firsthand the important intersection of environmental justice and labor justice. Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 7: Plugging Wells to Save the Planet Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | The United States could have more than 3.2 million orphaned and abandoned wells that cause huge impacts to the environment. For ranchers and landowners like Schuyler Wight, this poses a significant threat to livelihoods. According to Megan Biven, it’s an opportunity to turn this emergency into a much-needed, water-saving climate jobs program, which turns oil and gas workers into national environmental heroes.Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 6: The Lotus LLC Saga Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | A lot more than oil and gas comes to the surface at an oil and gas well. We’re joined by Justin Nobel whose 2020 feature with Rolling Stone magazine, “America’s Radioactive Secret,” was the result of a two year investigation into the radioactivity brought to the surface in oil and gas production and the harms posed to the industry’s workers, the public and communities, and the environment. Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 5: The Radioactive Crisis of Oil and Gas Waste Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | Most people know that oil and gas emits air pollution. But few people understand that these wells also produce radioactive waste. That’s right — radioactive. Melissa Troutman, co-founder of the investigative news nonprofit Public Herald and co-director of three documentary films between 2013-2020, tells us why the climate threat of oil and gas is not bad enough.Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 4: Regulator Whistleblowing Part 2 Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | Sheila Serna joined the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) right out of college because it seemed like an opportunity to be a part of something that could actually make a difference. Within months of being there and learning what air regulations look like, however, she began to question why more violations weren’t given to more operators.Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 3: Regulator Whistleblowing Part 1 Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | Tim Doty worked at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for nearly three decades because he believed in the agency's mission to protect Texans’ public health and natural resources. But he retired after it became increasingly clear that the agency’s leadership had little to no interest in proactively monitoring, documenting and minimizing air emissions in Texas.Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-startsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 2: Loophole Extravaganza Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | The state agency that is supposed to protect public health and natural resources in Texas is broken, putting fossil fuel profits above people. The Texas Field Team at Earthworks go on a deep dive into the vast shortcomings of the regulatory system that allowed the Permian fracking boom to happen in the first place.Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Episode 1: Welcome to Methane Land Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | The Permian Basin oilfield in West Texas is destroying the climate. The Texas Field Team at Earthworks document oil and gas emissions with technology that makes pollution invisible to the naked eye visible. Learn more at http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-starsThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Murdering Our Stars | Trailer Texas Methane Hunters 2023-05-22 | The Permian Basin may be the largest methane-emitting oil and gas basin in the world. No one knows this oilfield like the Texas Field Team at Earthworks. In a special 8-part series podcast, through conversations with whistleblowers, thermographers, impacted community members, former oil workers and other experts, you’ll get up close and personal with this global threat brewing in Texas. A phenomenon so powerful, it murders stars.“Murdering Our Stars” launched in May 2023. Listen on http://www.earthworks.org/murdering-our-stars or subscribe now via Apple, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Castbox, Overcast, Deezer, RadioPublic, or iHeartRadio.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Permian Basin Dispatch 4: Lies of the Valkyrie - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-12-21 | The Valkyrie technology is supposed to reduce emissions of deadly gasses from oil and gas operations, but investigators have documented the technology not working.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Marathon Oils Pollution Marathon in the Texas Eagle Ford Shale Texas Methane Hunters 2022-12-21 | For the past decade Earthworks has witnessed and recorded Marathon Oil sites failing to minimize the amount of toxic pollutants they release into the air which endangers workers, residents, and the climate. Even after Earthworks submitted 17 different complaints to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) after 60 site visits to Marathon facilities across the Eagle Ford Shale, this trend of ignored emissions unfortunately continues. Based on TCEQ’s Notice of Violation database, Marathon has received more than 300 violations from TCEQ over the past seven years, but only two of those violations have resulted in an administrative order and subsequent fine. That means that only about 1 percent of the sites cited by TCEQ actually received administrative orders and fines.**READ THE REPORT: http://www.earthworks.org/marathonThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Sue and Jim Franklin: “We didn’t intend on getting killed there by gasses” Texas Methane Hunters 2022-10-04 | Sue and Jim Franklin were forced to move from their ranch to Balmorhea, Texas after a petroleum company drilled a well less than 500 feet from their home and the fumes from it made both of them sick. Sue now takes three medications so she can breathe. Frank is a Vietnam War veteran and had bought the ranch when he returned home.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needed to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Permian Basin Dispatch 3: Drill, Biden, Drill - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-10-03 | The Permian Basin, America's most prolific oil and gas basin, is on track to set new production records of 5.408 million barrels of crude oil per day. This increase in production will drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits and have catastrophic global impacts. Timestamps:8:06 - Open thief hatch releasing methane8:36 - Vapor recovery units (VRUs) not being effective9:45 - Huge flare 12:19 - Orphaned wells challenge to landowners and taxpayers13:22 - Orphaned wells are a ticking time bomb of pollutionThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needed to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Double Whammy! Two Unlit Flares Pollute the Climate with Methane - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | Two unlit flares pollute the air with methane.The gas isn't visible to the naked eye and is 86 times more potent at warming the climate than carbon dioxide.Oil and gas operators light flares when they have to release gas into the air, like when pipes need to be emptied so repairs can be made. A properly operating flare burns the methane gas that wells produce. But if a flare is unlit, methane gas escapes into the air. The operator is failing to minimize harmful emissions.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Unlit Flare Sends Methane Into Air - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | An unlit flare sends methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air.The gasses aren’t visible to the naked eye and are known to speed up climate change and harm human health, respectively.Oil and gas operators light flares when they have to release gas into the air, like when pipes need to be emptied so repairs can be made. A properly operating flare burns the methane gas that wells produce. But if a flare is unlit, methane gas escapes into the air. The operator is failing to minimize harmful emissions.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Permian Basin Dispatch 2: As Bad As Texas - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | The Texas Methane Hunters go to the Permian Basin in Southwest New Mexico, where oil and gas operators ruin wildlife habitat, pollute the air, and speed up climate change.Timestamps:1:22 - Storage tanks emit methane1:52 - Unlit flare AND tank emits methane2:37 - Impacts to wildlife habitat3:50 - More emissions from tanks 5:17 - What it smells likeThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Ramon Holguin: “People live with oil wells in their backyard” - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | Ramon Holguin lives in Big Spring, Texas, the heart of the world’s most lucrative oil field. As President of the community group Texas Permian Future Generations, he works with other Permian Basin residents to bring awareness to the health and environmental impacts of the oil and gas industry. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. ** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Permian Basin Dispatch 1: Everything But a Plague of Locusts - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | Follow the Texas Methane Hunters to the Permian Basin in West Texas where oil and gas operators break the rules, pollute the air, and speed up climate change.Timestamps:2:16 - Compressor station fire4:19 - Unlit flare5:38 - Blowdown8:10 - Vent pipe12:05 - Double whammy! Two unlit flaresThe Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
Nobody Reported This Pollution Event in Texas - Texas Methane Hunters Texas Methane Hunters 2022-08-26 | An energy transfer station releases methane into the air for 50+ minutes to clear pipes for maintenance. Companies are required to report pollution events when clearing pipes, but records show this event was not reported to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.The Texas Field Team at Earthworks visits oil and gas fields with optical gas imaging technology that makes invisible climate pollution visible. This includes methane, which is the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide. To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new investment in oil and gas by 2021. But in Texas, the #1 producer of oil and gas in the United States, the fossil fuel industry is planning more production than ever before.** Subscribe to Texas Methane Hunters: youtube.com/channel/UCnIsJXdm82QE-BC9Dd0TfMw** Subscribe to Earthworks: youtube.com/c/Earthworks About Earthworks: Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while seeking sustainable solutions.** Get updates and actions from Earthworks: earthworks.org/get-involved/email-sign-up ** Follow Earthworks on Twitter: twitter.com/earthworks ** Follow Earthworks on Facebook: facebook.com/earthworksaction
