New Report Debunks Industry-Backed Greenwashing Scam of 'Certified Gas'

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Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Methane emissions monitors operated by third-party gas certification companies only picked up one of the 23 pollution events detected by anti-extraction group Earthworks. That's one of the findings in Certified Gaslighting, a report published by Earthworks and Oil Change International on Tuesday that reveals how fossil fuel companies are increasingly turning to private gas certification companies to prove that they are reducing their methane emissions.

The latest report also points out what it terms a 'dangerous loophole': The companies are not required by Colorado law or by certification standards to address pollution events that occur due to normal operations as opposed to malfunctions. Yet most of the events detected by Earthworks were part of normal operations.'These emissions are no less harmful to communities exposed to the pollution nor less impactful with respect to the climate crisis,' the authors wrote.

 

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