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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · 14d

The IEA has presented its methane emissions abatement cost curve every year since 2017, highlighting the low cost of action. Methane reduction pledges cover 80% of global oil & gas production, but the data shows rising emissions. [Read my Substack here: lornestockman.substack.com/p/voluntary-...

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · 15d

My first substack! Since the Global Methane Pledge was launched in 2021, oil & gas methane emissions have grown 4.5%, in line with production growth. I trace the history of the IEA’s methane emissions abatement cost curve and question whether voluntary action will ever deliver results.

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Since the Global Methane Pledge was launched in 2021, oil & gas methane emissions have grown 4.5%, in line with production growth. Despite 8 years of the IEA modelling the low cost of emissions abatem...

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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · Sep 4

this is a good and interesting analysis. The IEA has said *for years* that the o&g industry is making progress on reducing methane; that methane reductions would pay for themselves (more gas to sell); and that its low hanging fruit.

Very little evidence of progress. And industry continues to expand

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Sep 4

Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt

A graph showing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector rising in lockstep with production of these fossil fuels. That suggests the industry is failing to take steps to reduce methane emissions along its supply chain.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Sep 4

We can’t trust fossil fuel megacorporations to voluntarily reduce their climate pollution. A liveable climate + safe and healthy communities require a just transition away from fossil fuels. Read more in the new blog from our Research Director, @lornestockman.bsky.social:
bit.ly/47YXaVt

The Oil & Gas Industry is Gaslighting the IEA on Methane Emissions - Oil Change International

For eight years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented research indicating that oil and gas companies can reduce their prolific methane emissions cost-effectively. For eight years…

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Mar 31

April 5 is a national day of action to fight back against the Trump admin's unprecedented power grabs and attacks on our climate and communities.

Find a rally near you: handsoff2025.com

@indivisible.org

Hands Off!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jan 27

America's demand for fossil gas is set to increase - no, not for stuff like heating homes or the power grid - but almost entirely due to the fact that sending gas overseas is itself a process that consumes HUGE amounts of gas

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Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Liquefaction Capacity File, and trade press
Note: Export capacity shown is project's baseload capacity. Online dates of LNG export projects under construction are estimates based on trade press. LNG=liquefied natural gas; FLNG=floating liquefied natural gas

In 2025, we expect increases in demand, which includes domestic natural gas consumption and exports, will exceed increases in supply, which includes domestic natural gas production and imports. Consumption and exports increase by almost 3%, or 3.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), in our forecast, outpacing the 1.4 Bcf/d growth in production and imports, leading to a 43% increase in the Henry Hub price. In 2026, we expect demand to continue to grow faster than supply, increasing prices by an additional 27%.

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Andy Rowell @andy-rowell.bsky.social · Jan 27

In solidarity with the Ogoni. The struggle continues..

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jan 27

🚨 We stand with Ogoni people against plans to resume oil production in their lands. 30 years after Ken Saro-Wiwa's execution, Nigeria's government threatens to repeat history of environmental destruction and human rights violations. oilchange.org/blogs/in-sol...

In Solidarity with Ogoni People: Condemnation of Plans to Resume Oil Production

Oil Change International, in solidarity with civil society organizations in the Niger Delta, condemns in the strongest terms the Nigerian government’s plans to resume oil production in Ogoni land.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Jan 17

1/5 Trump's Day One executive orders are a full-scale assault on climate action, delivering returns on the $75 million fossil fuel companies spent to elect him. Our statement: oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...

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Oil Change International Statement on Trump’s Day One Assault on Climate Action

As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the 47th president, fossil fuel executives are expecting a return on the $75 million they spent to elect him. Trump’s Day One executive orders represent a…

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Dec 20

Great thread by @ndreschang.bsky.social on the DOE LNG study. The market analysis is a welcome change that shows that LNG increases emissions because it displaces emissions-free energy more than it does coal or gas. This is, after all, the 2020s not the 1990s. The methane analysis? Not so much.

Andres Chang @ndreschang.bsky.social · Dec 19

🔑 The DOE analysis ignores the "coal vs. LNG" debate, instead focusing on LNG's market impacts.

If this was strategic, it was good strategy. The old guard "emissions displacement" approach was indefensible. And it foregrounds methane estimation Qs that are still the O&G industry's home turf

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Andres Chang @ndreschang.bsky.social · Dec 19

🔑 The DOE analysis ignores the "coal vs. LNG" debate, instead focusing on LNG's market impacts.

If this was strategic, it was good strategy. The old guard "emissions displacement" approach was indefensible. And it foregrounds methane estimation Qs that are still the O&G industry's home turf

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Dec 18

Drive 1000miles getting 5-10mpg and then roll out the solar panels for some green electrons. Makes absolute sense in a climate crisis.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨The Department of Energy just released an analysis of the impacts of liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. It shows that LNG exports:

😷Harm communities’ health and safety
💰Raise prices for working families
🌪️Accelerate the climate crisis

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · Dec 17

New report alert! 📢

⚠️ Energy supplies and resources to produce energy play a critical role in Israel’s ongoing military operations and unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). ⚠️

Read our new report ‘Powering Injustice’ and share widely! ⤵️
www.somo.nl/powering-injustice/

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Dec 17

From coal to oil and gas to wind and solar, Israel uses its energy supply, much of which is imported, to wage war and entrench its illegal occupation. Time to hold the countries and corporations involved to account.

Powering Injustice report - Supplying energy to Israel - SOMO

Exploring the legal consequences for States and corporations involved in supplying energy to Israel. Read the report.

www.somo.nl

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · Dec 9

Is this abundance? Asking for a friend.

Google Earth image of oil & gas production infrastructure in New Mexico's Permian Basin.

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Dec 4

"This underscores why the Palestinian struggle is, and must be taken as, a climate issue. Such deals drive our increased reliance on fossil-fuel colonialism and perpetuate the unyielding profit of hydrocarbon corporations.

Leaking Imperialism | Transnational Institute

A missile attack on an Israeli gas platform and Hezbollah's drone strike highlight the growing vulnerability of Israel’s energy infrastructure amid its military expansion. With gas supplies crucial to...

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Dec 4

Good morning! Horns to start the day.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Nov 18

Israel destroyed 83% of plant life in Gaza by June this year.

It destroyed 70% of its agricultural land.

It damaged or destroyed 65% of water tanks and 47% of groundwater wells.

Israel has deliberately tried to make Gaza uninhabitable. This is genocide.

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Nov 18

I stand with Antonio!

Elizabeth Bast @esbast.bsky.social · Nov 18

As the fossil fuel industry feels pressure, campaigners increasingly face retaliation. We stand in solidarity with long-time ally Antonio Tricarico and ReCommon in the face of oil giant Eni's escalating attacks against civil society. www.recommon.org/en/eni-denou...

Eni denounces Antonio Tricarico of ReCommon for his interview with RAI Report - ReCommon

THE ASSOCIATION: ‘YET ANOTHER ATTACK TO TRY AND SHUT US UP‘ Rome, 18 November 2024 – Eni, through its head

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Nov 17

GenX

Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Nov 17

Anyone in NOVA want a ticket to the English Beat tonight at State Theatre, Falls Church, DM me.

Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Nov 17

Here in DC to tell @joebidenbsky.bsky.social he's got 60 days to act on climate AND #pardonDonziger

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Lorne Stockman @lornestockman.bsky.social · Nov 15

As his nominations roll in, it's increasingly clear non-violent resistance will be essential.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Nov 14

It's COP season, so lets get right to the data-y good stuff!

New analysis of the IEA's WEO report shows allowing more US LNG export capacity is a surefire way to cook the planet. We can't afford new LNG & can't afford LNG under construction to come online: www.oilchange.org/blogs/us-lng...

US LNG Flies in the Face of Mainstream Climate Analysis: the Department of Energy must stop all expansion now.

In January of last year, the Biden administration ordered a pause on permitting new Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export capacity while it updates the studies it uses to determine whether such projects…

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Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · Nov 14

While Biden is still in office, he must reject pending authorizations for LNG export terminals. His Department of Energy must issue a report that makes clear LNG expansion is not in the public interest - paving the way for legal challenges to LNG.

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