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@MayorOfLA Is Ready! Garcetti Comes Out Gunning For Gas – Scattergood, Haynes & Harbor Power Plants To Stop Shoving Pollution Down Citizens Throats, Calls For Shutdown Of Aliso Canyon. #MerchantsOfDoubt In Fossil Fuel Industry Argue For More Climate Destruction

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City Council, board members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission and long term colleagues from the climate justice action community to be part of a historic announcement. Playa Del Rey’s other big customer is Chevron. Just like the damage they’ve done to our livable climate.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

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And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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The View From Here Today

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I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning. Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. c) 2009 by Joe Galliani - This afternoon's view from my studio's patio.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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The UT-led field study was a cooperative effort involving experts from the Environmental Defense Fund; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; BG Group plc; Chevron; Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; —Mark Brownstein, associate vice president and chief counsel of the US Climate and Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Chevron Natural Gas Carbon Capture Technology Testing Project. Chevron USA. Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. aims to demonstrate the performance of a novel water-lean solvent for post-combustion removal of CO 2 from coal- and natural gas-derived flue gas.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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However, the technologies that have released the new supplies—hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling—have also unleashed anxieties about contaminated drinking water, induced earthquakes and lenient regulation. Ritts, most recently with Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Co., Earlier post.).

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