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Google to share oil and gas methane leaks spotted from space

Google to share oil and gas methane leaks spotted from space

Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite. MethaneSAT will launch next month, one of several satellites that are being deployed to monitor methane emissions across the globe to pinpoint major sources of the invisible but potent greenhouse gas. It is a partnership led by EDF, the New Zealand Space Agency, Harvard… Source link

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Rebecca Grossman floored gas pedal, struck 2 boys at ‘freeway speeds,’ investigators say

Rebecca Grossman floored gas pedal, struck 2 boys at ‘freeway speeds,’ investigators say

Rebecca Grossman floored her high-powered Mercedes SUV on a quiet residential street, speeding up to 81 mph and barely braking before fatally striking two boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk, a veteran crash investigator testified at the L.A. socialite’s murder trial Wednesday. Grossman tapped the brakes a second and a half before she slammed into Mark and Jacob Iskander, traveling 73 mph in a 45-mph zone, according to Michael Hale, an investigator with the Orange County district attorney’s… Source link

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Gas prices could reach $4 by April — ‘maybe sooner’: Analyst

Gas prices could reach $4 by April — ‘maybe sooner’: Analyst

Get ready for gas prices to rise again going into spring. A gallon of driving fuel could go back above $4, according to GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan. “It’s a question of when, not if. I think something like that could happen by potentially April, maybe sooner,” said De Haan. “I think motorists are going to start getting squeezed more so in late February. The next three weeks could be a bit of a mixed bag,” he said. De Haan points to planned breaks in production at refineries as… Source link

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Gas prices could reach $4 by April — ‘maybe sooner’: Analyst

Gas prices could reach $4 by April — ‘maybe sooner’: Analyst

Get ready for gas prices to rise again going into spring. A gallon of driving fuel could go back above $4, according to GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan. “It’s a question of when, not if. I think something like that could happen by potentially April, maybe sooner,” said De Haan. “I think motorists are going to start getting squeezed more so in late February. The next three weeks could be a bit of a mixed bag,” he said. De Haan points to planned breaks in production at refineries as… Source link

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Lower gas prices pull inflation back to 6.3% in Canada in December

Lower gas prices pull inflation back to 6.3% in Canada in December

A person shops in the beverage aisle at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Inflation in Canada increased 6.3 per cent in December from last year, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, as gas prices fell but mortgage interest costs continue to rise and the cost of food remains stubbornly high. December’s increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) marks the third straight month where the annual rate of inflation decreased from the prior month. In… Source link

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Lower gas prices pull inflation back to 6.3% in Canada in December

Lower gas prices pull inflation back to 6.3% in Canada in December

A person shops in the beverage aisle at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Inflation in Canada increased 6.3 per cent in December from last year, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, as gas prices fell but mortgage interest costs continue to rise and the cost of food remains stubbornly high. December’s increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) marks the third straight month where the annual rate of inflation decreased from the prior month. In… Source link

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Russia’s weaponization of oil and gas exports to neuter Europe on Ukraine is backfiring badly

Russia’s weaponization of oil and gas exports to neuter Europe on Ukraine is backfiring badly

Anti-Russia protest in Germany Yann Schreiber/AFP via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ploy to use oil and gas exports as “a weapon of financial war” in its campaign to conquer Ukraine “is increasingly backfiring, threatening the core of Russia’s beleaguered economy and curtailing its geopolitical influence,” The Wall Street Journal reports. Putin had calculated that cutting off natural gas to Europe, and especially Germany, would leave Europe’s economy in shambles and its… Source link

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