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Protecting communities by holding corporations accountable for their methane emissions
New Mexico rancher Richard Hodgson’s words cut deep — a simple plea for reason from families living with the daily reality of oil & gas pollution. Hilcorp Energy has blanketed his land with wells, spills, and waste.
Full Capital & Main story: https://bit.ly/49LyVLH
Full Capital & Main story: https://bit.ly/49LyVLH
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New Mexico rancher Richard Hodgson’s words cut deep — a simple plea for reason from families living with the daily reality of oil & gas pollution. Hilcorp Energy has blanketed his land with wells, spills, and waste.
Full Capital & Main story: https://bit.ly/49LyVLH
Full Capital & Main story: https://bit.ly/49LyVLH
"75 companies have publicly declared an intention to reach net zero GHG emissions from their operated assets by 2050 ... but just six disclose their current (metric 23) and planned (metric 13) investment in reducing operational emissions."
www.iea.org/reports/pled...
www.iea.org/reports/pled...
Pledges to Progress 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Pledges to Progress 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"75 companies have publicly declared an intention to reach net zero GHG emissions from their operated assets by 2050 ... but just six disclose their current (metric 23) and planned (metric 13) investment in reducing operational emissions."
www.iea.org/reports/pled...
www.iea.org/reports/pled...
Until last month, Forrest Smith was the only person at the National Park Service tracking and plugging leaking oil wells across U.S. national parks.
Now he’s gone — and the methane is still spewing.
Read the full story: https://nyti.ms/4hD6rWg
Now he’s gone — and the methane is still spewing.
Read the full story: https://nyti.ms/4hD6rWg
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Until last month, Forrest Smith was the only person at the National Park Service tracking and plugging leaking oil wells across U.S. national parks.
Now he’s gone — and the methane is still spewing.
Read the full story: https://nyti.ms/4hD6rWg
Now he’s gone — and the methane is still spewing.
Read the full story: https://nyti.ms/4hD6rWg
The numbers tell the story — and it’s not the one our #PolluterOfTheMonth, TotalEnergies, wants you to hear.
From repeated methane emissions to pollution near homes and schools, the company’s claims for deploying real-time methane detection crumble under real data.
More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
From repeated methane emissions to pollution near homes and schools, the company’s claims for deploying real-time methane detection crumble under real data.
More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The numbers tell the story — and it’s not the one our #PolluterOfTheMonth, TotalEnergies, wants you to hear.
From repeated methane emissions to pollution near homes and schools, the company’s claims for deploying real-time methane detection crumble under real data.
More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
From repeated methane emissions to pollution near homes and schools, the company’s claims for deploying real-time methane detection crumble under real data.
More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
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🙌 It's giving... VICTORY. We won, y'all.
📢 Public pressure was critical last week when advocates fought for commissioners to do what's right: stopping a proposal to let oil & gas companies discharge their toxic waste into rivers & onto farms.
🫶 Thank you for speaking up! #KeepItInTheGround
📢 Public pressure was critical last week when advocates fought for commissioners to do what's right: stopping a proposal to let oil & gas companies discharge their toxic waste into rivers & onto farms.
🫶 Thank you for speaking up! #KeepItInTheGround
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🙌 It's giving... VICTORY. We won, y'all.
📢 Public pressure was critical last week when advocates fought for commissioners to do what's right: stopping a proposal to let oil & gas companies discharge their toxic waste into rivers & onto farms.
🫶 Thank you for speaking up! #KeepItInTheGround
📢 Public pressure was critical last week when advocates fought for commissioners to do what's right: stopping a proposal to let oil & gas companies discharge their toxic waste into rivers & onto farms.
🫶 Thank you for speaking up! #KeepItInTheGround
"According to the analysis... emissions would continue to rise if countries don’t enact more policies to contain them."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
World Is Off Course on Pledge to Rein In Heat-Trapping Methane
The world remains far behind global commitments to slash methane, according to a United Nations assessment that underscores the need for rapid, aggressive work to stifle emissions of the super polluta...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"According to the analysis... emissions would continue to rise if countries don’t enact more policies to contain them."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
TotalEnergies, our latest #PolluterOfTheMonth, was penalized & ordered by a French court to remove its misleading greenwashing claims. This is the first-ever ruling of its kind against a major oil & gas firm.
Read the full story on the fossil fuel greenwashing: https://reut.rs/4oBCAjw
Read the full story on the fossil fuel greenwashing: https://reut.rs/4oBCAjw
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
TotalEnergies, our latest #PolluterOfTheMonth, was penalized & ordered by a French court to remove its misleading greenwashing claims. This is the first-ever ruling of its kind against a major oil & gas firm.
Read the full story on the fossil fuel greenwashing: https://reut.rs/4oBCAjw
Read the full story on the fossil fuel greenwashing: https://reut.rs/4oBCAjw
TotalEnergies loves to talk about its climate “leadership” — especially at global climate summits.
But while they promise progress on the world stage, communities in TX are still living with the same old leaks, venting, and toxic air.
Our Nov #PolluterOfTheMonth: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
But while they promise progress on the world stage, communities in TX are still living with the same old leaks, venting, and toxic air.
Our Nov #PolluterOfTheMonth: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TotalEnergies loves to talk about its climate “leadership” — especially at global climate summits.
But while they promise progress on the world stage, communities in TX are still living with the same old leaks, venting, and toxic air.
Our Nov #PolluterOfTheMonth: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
But while they promise progress on the world stage, communities in TX are still living with the same old leaks, venting, and toxic air.
Our Nov #PolluterOfTheMonth: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
Announcing November #PolluterOfTheMonth: TotalEnergies
At the UN climate summit, they boast about "continuous methane monitoring." Meanwhile, Earthworks investigations found repeated pollution events at Total’s fracking sites. See the full picture at: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
Artwork: Davey Leavitt
At the UN climate summit, they boast about "continuous methane monitoring." Meanwhile, Earthworks investigations found repeated pollution events at Total’s fracking sites. See the full picture at: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
Artwork: Davey Leavitt
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Announcing November #PolluterOfTheMonth: TotalEnergies
At the UN climate summit, they boast about "continuous methane monitoring." Meanwhile, Earthworks investigations found repeated pollution events at Total’s fracking sites. See the full picture at: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
Artwork: Davey Leavitt
At the UN climate summit, they boast about "continuous methane monitoring." Meanwhile, Earthworks investigations found repeated pollution events at Total’s fracking sites. See the full picture at: https://bit.ly/4ofiCuI
Artwork: Davey Leavitt
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Occidental Resources is our October #PolluteroftheMonth 😠
Here we see a large plume of uncombusted methane and volatile organic compounds (such as benzene, a carcinogen) being released into the atmosphere at an Oxy subsidiary.
Learn more: bit.ly/Oct-POM-Oxy
Here we see a large plume of uncombusted methane and volatile organic compounds (such as benzene, a carcinogen) being released into the atmosphere at an Oxy subsidiary.
Learn more: bit.ly/Oct-POM-Oxy
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Occidental Resources is our October #PolluteroftheMonth 😠
Here we see a large plume of uncombusted methane and volatile organic compounds (such as benzene, a carcinogen) being released into the atmosphere at an Oxy subsidiary.
Learn more: bit.ly/Oct-POM-Oxy
Here we see a large plume of uncombusted methane and volatile organic compounds (such as benzene, a carcinogen) being released into the atmosphere at an Oxy subsidiary.
Learn more: bit.ly/Oct-POM-Oxy
According to the UN’s new IMEO report, 88% of alerts sent to oil and gas companies about major methane pollution events are ignored.
This means nearly nine out of ten super-emitters caught from space go unfixed. The data is clear: voluntary alerts aren't enough.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/47xtugz
This means nearly nine out of ten super-emitters caught from space go unfixed. The data is clear: voluntary alerts aren't enough.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/47xtugz
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
According to the UN’s new IMEO report, 88% of alerts sent to oil and gas companies about major methane pollution events are ignored.
This means nearly nine out of ten super-emitters caught from space go unfixed. The data is clear: voluntary alerts aren't enough.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/47xtugz
This means nearly nine out of ten super-emitters caught from space go unfixed. The data is clear: voluntary alerts aren't enough.
Read more: https://nyti.ms/47xtugz
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NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition.
It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.
www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...
It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.
www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...
Oil giant Total’s net zero claims broke the law, court rules
The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.
www.exxonknews.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition.
It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.
www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...
It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.
www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...
📣 PRESS WEBINAR: Join Carbon Mapper, Earthworks, Gas Leaks & PSE Healthy Energy to learn how new data tools, mapping portals, & real-world evidence can help uncover the human impact of methane pollution — and make the invisible visible.
🎟️ Details & registration here: https://bit.ly/4hsudnQ
🎟️ Details & registration here: https://bit.ly/4hsudnQ
October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📣 PRESS WEBINAR: Join Carbon Mapper, Earthworks, Gas Leaks & PSE Healthy Energy to learn how new data tools, mapping portals, & real-world evidence can help uncover the human impact of methane pollution — and make the invisible visible.
🎟️ Details & registration here: https://bit.ly/4hsudnQ
🎟️ Details & registration here: https://bit.ly/4hsudnQ
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⚖️ A French court has ruled TotalEnergies must remove misleading climate claims from their website or face fines, in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⚖️ A French court has ruled TotalEnergies must remove misleading climate claims from their website or face fines, in the first decision applying France's greenwashing law to an energy company.
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Our #PolluterOfTheMonth, by the numbers:
❌ 4+ methane super-emitter plumes since July
❌ Just 1 hour of combined emissions = a year of driving 180 cars
❌ $8.8 million in penalties since 2023
❌ Enough wasted gas to power 5,800 homes
Oxy keeps talking “net zero,” but the math doesn’t lie.
❌ 4+ methane super-emitter plumes since July
❌ Just 1 hour of combined emissions = a year of driving 180 cars
❌ $8.8 million in penalties since 2023
❌ Enough wasted gas to power 5,800 homes
Oxy keeps talking “net zero,” but the math doesn’t lie.
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our #PolluterOfTheMonth, by the numbers:
❌ 4+ methane super-emitter plumes since July
❌ Just 1 hour of combined emissions = a year of driving 180 cars
❌ $8.8 million in penalties since 2023
❌ Enough wasted gas to power 5,800 homes
Oxy keeps talking “net zero,” but the math doesn’t lie.
❌ 4+ methane super-emitter plumes since July
❌ Just 1 hour of combined emissions = a year of driving 180 cars
❌ $8.8 million in penalties since 2023
❌ Enough wasted gas to power 5,800 homes
Oxy keeps talking “net zero,” but the math doesn’t lie.
PR spin vs. reality.
Oxy claims to be “leading the way to clean energy.”
In reality? Methane pollution so big it’s visible from space, fines piling up, and gas wasted that could have powered thousands of homes.
This isn’t leadership. This is why Oxy is our October #PolluterOfTheMonth.
Oxy claims to be “leading the way to clean energy.”
In reality? Methane pollution so big it’s visible from space, fines piling up, and gas wasted that could have powered thousands of homes.
This isn’t leadership. This is why Oxy is our October #PolluterOfTheMonth.
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
PR spin vs. reality.
Oxy claims to be “leading the way to clean energy.”
In reality? Methane pollution so big it’s visible from space, fines piling up, and gas wasted that could have powered thousands of homes.
This isn’t leadership. This is why Oxy is our October #PolluterOfTheMonth.
Oxy claims to be “leading the way to clean energy.”
In reality? Methane pollution so big it’s visible from space, fines piling up, and gas wasted that could have powered thousands of homes.
This isn’t leadership. This is why Oxy is our October #PolluterOfTheMonth.
🚨Our October #PolluterOfTheMonth: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)
In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.
See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org
Artwork: Amy Ross
In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.
See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org
Artwork: Amy Ross
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨Our October #PolluterOfTheMonth: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy)
In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.
See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org
Artwork: Amy Ross
In July alone, satellites caught multiple methane plumes blasting into the sky from Oxy wells in TX & 5 pollution events from their wells in CO since the start of 2025.
See the full receipts at BigGasPolluters.org
Artwork: Amy Ross
"all experts WIRED spoke to stressed that ending GHGRP data collection would severely hobble US efforts to measure and combat greenhouse gas emissions, no matter how good the non-federal options are."
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
The EPA Is Ending Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"all experts WIRED spoke to stressed that ending GHGRP data collection would severely hobble US efforts to measure and combat greenhouse gas emissions, no matter how good the non-federal options are."
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
www.wired.com/story/the-ep...
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Here, we see methane emissions escape from an inefficient enclosed flare at a well site in Sandoval County, NM, owned by a subsidiary of Enduring Resources, our September #PolluteroftheMonth.
Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...
Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...
September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Here, we see methane emissions escape from an inefficient enclosed flare at a well site in Sandoval County, NM, owned by a subsidiary of Enduring Resources, our September #PolluteroftheMonth.
Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...
Read more about this bad actor operator: bit.ly/Sept-POM-End...
Huge thanks to Ezra Brown for fantastic original art, which helps us hold Enduring Resources accountable! The fossil fuel producer operates in some of the country's most underregulated areas, allowing operators to often circumvent and evade enforcement.
Oct#PolluterOfTheMonth coming next week!
Oct#PolluterOfTheMonth coming next week!
September 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Huge thanks to Ezra Brown for fantastic original art, which helps us hold Enduring Resources accountable! The fossil fuel producer operates in some of the country's most underregulated areas, allowing operators to often circumvent and evade enforcement.
Oct#PolluterOfTheMonth coming next week!
Oct#PolluterOfTheMonth coming next week!
When the gas industry calls methane “clean,” it’s not honesty—it’s just better PR.
Most people have heard natural gas is “better,” but here’s the truth:
💨 It’s methane, a climate superpollutant
🔥 80× more powerful than CO₂
🫁 And it leaks toxic chemicals right into our homes
Most people have heard natural gas is “better,” but here’s the truth:
💨 It’s methane, a climate superpollutant
🔥 80× more powerful than CO₂
🫁 And it leaks toxic chemicals right into our homes
September 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
When the gas industry calls methane “clean,” it’s not honesty—it’s just better PR.
Most people have heard natural gas is “better,” but here’s the truth:
💨 It’s methane, a climate superpollutant
🔥 80× more powerful than CO₂
🫁 And it leaks toxic chemicals right into our homes
Most people have heard natural gas is “better,” but here’s the truth:
💨 It’s methane, a climate superpollutant
🔥 80× more powerful than CO₂
🫁 And it leaks toxic chemicals right into our homes
🌫️ New research found: every large methane release in CA exceeded health benchmarks for benzene, a cancer-causing pollutant.
That means we are breathing in far more than just methane. #BigGasPolluters call it “natural gas.” The truth? It’s a toxic chemical soup. https://lat.ms/3KirhO4
That means we are breathing in far more than just methane. #BigGasPolluters call it “natural gas.” The truth? It’s a toxic chemical soup. https://lat.ms/3KirhO4
September 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🌫️ New research found: every large methane release in CA exceeded health benchmarks for benzene, a cancer-causing pollutant.
That means we are breathing in far more than just methane. #BigGasPolluters call it “natural gas.” The truth? It’s a toxic chemical soup. https://lat.ms/3KirhO4
That means we are breathing in far more than just methane. #BigGasPolluters call it “natural gas.” The truth? It’s a toxic chemical soup. https://lat.ms/3KirhO4
“That’s right where people’s houses are at … it was really hush-hush and there wasn’t a lot of information about it being put out to the public.”
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NEW: Permian Resources Exposed Thousands to Cancer-Causing Chemical in New Mexico, According to New Tracking Tool
The storage tanks released a peak benzene concentration of about 87,000 parts per billion. That’s more than 10,000 times higher than a benchmark set by the California Office of Environmental Health Ha...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“That’s right where people’s houses are at … it was really hush-hush and there wasn’t a lot of information about it being put out to the public.”
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September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.
This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257
This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257
September 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
September's #PolluterOfTheMonth operates >1,000 wells on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land, many in a region known as the "Checkerboard," where regulatory jurisdiction can change quickly.
This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257
This allows operators like Enduring Resources to dodge/evade enforcements. https://bit.ly/3VEP257