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('hand-me-down assets') is reducing transparency on emissions and emissionsreducing investments. Measuring emissions using … middle-income countries. Cutting methane emissions is the most immediate way to slow the rate of global warming, even as … gas flaring would be an immediate way to cut methane emissions. It requires urgent co-ordinated action by oil- and …
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and gas operations, as well as their emissions and impact on air quality, health, and climate. While global flaring and …Atmospheric emissions urgently need to reduce for natural gas to fulfill its potential role in the energy transition to … venting comprise 7.5 per cent of natural gas produced, their combined impact on health and climate (in terms of Social Cost of …
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China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a...
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In this paper, we examine the effect of China's Natural Gas Transmission Project (NGTP) on air pollution. The NGTP is the pipeline network that connects to almost all provinces in China, providing clean energy for industry and households. We use satellite data to measure the country's air...
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The Global Methane Pledge to reduce emissions by at least 30 per cent by 2030, was signed by more than 100 countries at … the COP26 Conference in November 2021. Reducing methane emissions from fossil fuel sources by up to 75 per cent by 2030 … has been identified as an essential contribution to reducing the rate of global temperature increase. The EU Methane …
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from public health, the social sciences, economics, and other disciplines. Each chapter addresses (1) what sustainability … chapters cover five broad topics: public health and the environment; community; public participation, public information, and …
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The sudden and unexpected development of shale gas has the potential to accelerate or hinder the transition to sustainability, depending on how it is handled. Sustainable development is a useful evaluative framework for shale gas development. It would have us analyze its environmental, social,...
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This paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle-income economies on both types of extractive...
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fields and hindering investment in reserve additions or new technologies. …
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