Democratic lawmakers are citing a not yet peer-reviewed or published study from a biased researcher with a history of flawed work to justify their calls to stop permitting new LNG export facilities in the United States. The research from Cornell University Professor Bob Howarth claims that when considering the lifecycle emissions of LNG, natural gas
Read More...The Pied Piper of Planet Ithaca Has No Clothes Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Bob Howarth, Cornell Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology, acts as pied piper of Planet Ithaca when it comes to energy matters. How is that possible?] At
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor Comment: The CLCPA climate legislation is a reprehensible piece of politically correct legislation of no practicality with big impacts on NYers.] On July 18, 2019, Governor Cuomo signed into law the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). It is among the most ambitious climate laws
Read More...A new Park Foundation-funded methane study is generating lots of anti-fracking headlines, despite its conclusions being at odds with the bulk of the scientific community. Cornell University professor and Food and Water Watch board member, Bob Howarth, is back and this time he claims that oil and natural gas emissions are the primary cause of
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