This makes me very angry. Especially after I found out that #Koonin used to work for #BP as their "Chief Scientist"!

Hot weather does not mean climate change

Published 7/25/2023

"[W]hat if we were not in a #ClimateCrisis after all, and trillions of dollars in planned tax credits and #GreenEnergy expenditures are a misuse of taxpayer resources?

"New York University professor #StevenKoonin has presented data in his bestselling book, 'Unsettled,' to show that the science is not as settled as many politicians [???] would have us believe.

"Koonin is a respected academic physicist. He was former undersecretary for science at the U.S. Department of Energy under President Barack Obama when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. His portfolio included the climate research program and energy technology. He has a bachelor of science in physics from Caltech and a doctorate in theoretical physics from MIT. Koonin taught for 30 years at Caltech and has published 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/hot-weather-does-not-mean-climate-change/ar-AA1eoe8H?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=45480af06d524324fde3d29da0f3f475&ei=5

#BPKnew #ExxonKnew #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #BigOilKnew #USGovernmentKnew

How secretive #MethaneLeaks are driving #ClimateChange

19 Jul 2022

"There is an open secret in the oil and gas industry and it is feeding the #ClimateCrisis.

"Massive #methane leaks, known as super-emitter events, have been taking place at oil and gas fields all over the world, from the #UnitedStates to #Turkmenistan. The releases, most of which can be traced to equipment failures, can last for weeks. One outside of a storage facility in #LosAngeles in 2015 hemorrhaged almost 100,000 tonnes of methane — a potent #GreenhouseGas — into the atmosphere over the course of four months.

"In June, researchers at Spain’s Polytechnic University of Valencia, said they uncovered the latest known super-emitter event at an #OilAndGas platform in the #GulfOfMexico . The installation discharged 40,000 tonnes of methane during a 17-day spell in December 2021 — equivalent to 3 per cent of #Mexico’s annual oil and gas emissions. Researchers said the release may never have been known to the public if not for the fact that it was captured by a #EuropeanSpaceAgency satellite.

"While the discharge was caught, it remains challenging to trace emissions of methane, which is colourless, odourless and responsible for more than 25% of the global warming the Earth is experiencing today. Due to its structure, methane traps more #heat in the atmosphere per molecule than carbon dioxide (CO2) making it 80 times more harmful than #CO2 during the 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.

"As countries develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst effects of climate change, experts say it's vital to have a better handle on how much methane is being released into the atmosphere, including from super-emitter events. Cutting human-caused methane by 45 per cent this decade would keep warming beneath a threshold outlined by the #ParisAgreement.

"The big challenge is knowing exactly how much [methane] is being emitted, where it is being emitted and for how long it has been emitted."

Read more:
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-secretive-methane-leaks-are-driving-climate-change

#ExxonKnew #OilAndGasIndustry #OilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #ExxonKnew #USGovernmentKnew