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Study: US Underestimates Methane Emissions From Offshore Oi Industry
2020-04-14 15:05:24| OGI
Drilling platforms emit about half a teragram (Tg) of the planet-warming gas each year, according to the study.
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Ren Zhengfei says US government 'underestimates' Huawei
2019-05-21 06:58:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A dispute over Huawei has escalated with implications for the firm, the tech sector and consumers.
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Portland (Ore.) school district underestimates cost of bond projects by $190 million
2018-08-09 00:28:22| American School & University
Voters approved $790 million request last year, but school officials may have intentionally underestimated costs to make approval more likely.
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EPA Underestimates Methane Emissions
2016-04-19 16:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: U.S. methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are a third higher than previously estimated, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday in its annual greenhouse gas inventory submission to the United Nations. This makes the fossil fuel industry the largest source of methane emissions in the U.S., accounting for one-third of total U.S. methane emissions.
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Critics: Oil trains report underestimates risk
2015-12-19 09:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spokesman-Review: The chance of an oil train derailing and dumping its cargo between Spokane and a new terminal proposed for Vancouver is extremely low, according to a risk assessment prepared for state officials. Such a derailment would probably occur only once every 12 years, and in the most likely scenario, only half a tank car of oil would be spilled, according to the report. But critics say the risk assessment - which includes work by three Texas consultants who are former BNSF Railway employees and count...