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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 3d

🚨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

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 8d

"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...

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

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 10d

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!

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 14d

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

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 14d

🌫️ 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

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 14d

“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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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 14d

👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgSN...

The Looming Disaster Under America’s Biggest Oil Field

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 16d

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

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 21d

How do you make the invisible visible?

We’re teaming up with @climatetown.bsky.social Rollie Williams & leading methane organizations at #ClimateWeekNYC to talk about the tools and data helping us hold #BigGasPolluters accountable.

Seats are limited — sign up now! 👉 https://luma.com/fxdnf34o

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Energy and Policy Institute @energyandpolicy.org · 22d

🚨 from @grist.org: A new lawsuit has been filed by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers against the state of Colorado to stop it from requiring natural gas stoves to carry health labels warning about their pollution dangers. grist.org/accountabili...

Gas stove makers quietly delete air pollution warnings as they fight mandatory health labels

Manufacturers fighting a Colorado health warning law argue gas stoves are safe. Some of their websites have suggested otherwise.

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 23d

Why is Enduring Resources our #PolluterOfTheMonth?

- > $600k Clean Air Act violation fines
- ~200k mcf of methane gas lost to venting in NM alone
- At least 3 methane plumes visible from space
- 17 pollution events since Apr 2025, 6 within 1 mile of schools

➡️ & learn more: https://bit.ly/3VEP257

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 28d

Nearly every time methane leaks from an oil & gas facility, so do hazardous air pollutants. PSE's #MethaneRiskMap models the health risk of these emissions on surrounding communities. TLDR;

📍 126,600+ people live within 2 miles of these modeled methane emissions events: https://bit.ly/4n2AYyM

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · 28d

“It was obvious there was going to be a collision course over the methane content... The main producing American companies have made it very clear that they really can’t comply with this and that it’s a huge obstacle to supplying the European market.”

www.eenews.net/articles/wri...

Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs

A new EU rule will restrict imports that exceed strict limits on methane emissions. That could be a problem for American LNG exports.

www.eenews.net

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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · Sep 9

The US oil and gas industry is adamant that their gas has very low associated methane emissions.

And yet they say complying with EU methane regulations would required "massive modifications."

Both of those can't be true. And the first one isn't.

Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · Sep 9

US motherfracker Chris Wright demands that EU gets rid of #climate, #methane & Due Dilligence legislations! www.ft.com/content/22f9...
@ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu We demand that you hold the line & not bow down to another fossil fascist dictator!

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Sep 8

Meet our September #PolluterOfTheMonth, Enduring Resources. They primarily operate in the San Juan Basin in NM. ~70% of its wells are located on Navajo, Ute, or Apache land. Visits to the company's well sites indicate that pollution events are frequent. https://bit.ly/3VEP257
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Art by Ezra Brown

Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Sep 4

"It is clear from this that pledges and industry self-regulation are failing to clean up the gas supply chain."

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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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Yet a first-of-its-kind analysis of permit applications to the Railroad Commission of Texas, the state’s main oil and gas regulator, reveals a rubber-stamp system that allows drillers to emit vast amounts of natural gas into the atmosphere."

ProPublica @propublica.org · Sep 3

NEW: The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions.

The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.

The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.

www.propublica.org

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Earthworks @earthworks.bsky.social · Aug 28

"At this point, we know more than enough [about climate change] to justify unprecedented action, but as the data continues to improve, policies flowing from it have lagged far behind."

🔗 prospect.org/environment/...

Trump Is Blinding the Government to Methane Pollution. But Others Are Still Watching.

‘If people could see this with their bare eyes, none of this would be happening.’

prospect.org

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 29

Huge thanks to Iris Gottlieb for lending their incredible talent to our Big Gas Polluter art series!

Iris' bold, original piece brings new energy and perspective to our August Polluter of the Month: Hilcorp Energy — the #1 methane polluter in the U.S. oil & gas industry. https://bit.ly/4foUylA

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hilcorp doesn’t just pollute — they help shape the rules to keep doing it. And we'll keep calling out the fossil fuel industry’s dirtiest players.

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Polluter of the Month: Hilcorp - Big Gas Polluters

Hilcorp Energy's trade association allegedly helped lead efforts to end the methane emission penalties.

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reasons why Hillcorp is our #PolluterOfTheMonth:

💨 Spews methane pollution from New Mexico to Alaska
💸 Racked up nearly $24 million in environmental penalties
🏫 Caught releasing methane just ¾ of a mile from elementary schools
☠️ Supported trade groups that lobbied to kill the methane emissions fee

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 19

Swipe through to see what deregulation looks like — and why Hilcorp is our August #PolluterOfTheMonth.

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hilcorp is one of the most dangerous methane polluters in the U.S. — and now they’re off the hook.

When Congress eliminated the methane emissions fee earlier this summer, it removed a critical tool meant to hold underperforming oil and gas companies accountable.

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Big Gas Polluters @biggaspolluters.bsky.social · Aug 18

That’s a super-emitter event. And it happened just 3/4 of a mile from two elementary schools: Naaba Ani and Rio Vista.

This isn’t a one-time incident. Hilcorp has been linked to at least 55 methane plumes visible from orbit. No wonder they are our #PolluterOfTheMonth.

Polluter of the Month: Hilcorp - Big Gas Polluters

Hilcorp Energy's trade association allegedly helped lead efforts to end the methane emission penalties.

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