#Senate#Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [#bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS#Biden’s #climate#regulations.
Undersea gas pipeline ruptures off the Victorian coast.
A #gas#pipeline at an ageing gas platform off the Victorian coast has reportedly #ruptured with a visible sheen on the ocean’s surface.
The rupture is believed to have occurred at 1pm on Saturday with the Kingfish West gas platform that sits off the coast between Victoria and Tasmania.
Kingfish West is operated by #Esso, a subsidiary of #ExxonMobil, which has been working to #decommission the ageing platform by leaving it in place.
The Australian Workers Union warned in September 2022 that the company was “#cutting#corners” in how it was planning to deal with the infrastructure. #auspol
"Accidental #pipeline leaks – caused by things like punctures, corrosion, severe weather and faulty equipment - happen routinely and are a #climate menace that is not currently counted in the official U.S. tally of greenhouse gas emissions."
"The head of the IPCC has compared the rollout of carbon capture and storage (#CCS) to "trying to push water uphill," questioning a technology that the oil and gas industry has long touted as integral to net-zero emission plans.
The International Energy Agency has previously called for the oil and gas industry to let go of the "illusion" that carbon capture is a solution to climate change, pushing instead for energy majors to ramp up investments in clean energy."
America’s #CornBelt Bristles at $8 Billion Lifeline
"After regulator pushback and vocal opposition from #farmers who don’t want to be anywhere near a project they claim tramples on landowner rights, Summit Carbon Solutions has gone back to the drawing board to revise the #pipeline’s path 6,300 times."