OIL AND GAS
A scientist thinks his gizmo can see methane leaks better
Research scientist Dirk Richter wants to change the way oil and gas companies detect methane leaks.
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Niina Heikkinen, E&E News reporter
Research scientist Dirk Richter wants to change the way oil and gas companies detect methane leaks.
When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in March 1989 in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, it released a record-setting 11 million gallons of crude oil into a uniquely vulnerable environment, killing thousands of birds and animals and marring 1,300 miles of pristine coastline for decades. Thirty years later, its legacy can be seen across the oil and gas industry and in responses to other environmental disasters.
By Michael Doyle and Jeremy P. Jacobs in Greenwire
When Rep. Jared Huffman first ran for California State Assembly in 2006, he posted up outside the exit during a screening of the climate documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
By Nick Sobczyk and Maxine Joselow in Greenwire
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When the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in March 1989 in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, it released a record-setting 11 million gallons of crude oil into a uniquely vulnerable environment, killing thousands of birds and animals and marring 1,300 miles of pristine coastline for decades. Thirty years later, its legacy can be seen across the oil and gas industry and in responses to other environmental disasters.
By Michael Doyle and Jeremy P. Jacobs in Greenwire
When Rep. Jared Huffman first ran for California State Assembly in 2006, he posted up outside the exit during a screening of the climate documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
By Nick Sobczyk and Maxine Joselow in Greenwire