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MethaneHunter

@txsharon.bsky.social
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Oil & gas pollution is everywhere but it's invisible like germs. I make it visible. It is causing the climate crisis. I show their dirty secrets and expose their fraud and lies. They sue me to shut me up but I win. 5th gen Texan, hate football.

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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The cost of heating oil hit a record high of $6.02 per gallon on Monday...That represents a 81% increase from this time last year, and it’s 10 cents higher than the previous record, set shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted the global oil supply."
pressherald.com
Price of heating oil breaks record set in 2022
At $6.02 per gallon, the cost of heating oil is up 81% from this time last year.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"XCMG unveiled the Hanjing battery-electric heavy truck for long-haul freight on 20 September.... Developed over three years with freight-operator input, it targets the range, charging and uptime demands of long-haul routes."
automotiveworld.com
XCMG launches Hanjing battery-electric truck for long haul | Automotive World
XCMG's battery-electric heavy trucks have led China's new energy truck market for three years; long-haul routes are the next frontier
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump claims that the only thing we need to protect us from AI is a high IQ president. Does that mean he is stepping down so someone with a high IQ can take over? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
rollingstone.com
Trump Responds to AI Panic by Pouring Gasoline on It
Donald Trump is brushing off the panic over AI, describing it as a "hoax" and claiming the only guardrail necessary is his "high IQ."
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today we got @janrosenow.bsky.social saying, "The only exit is using less gas." Yesterday we got @txsharon.bsky.social saying, "Gas isn’t energy security, it’s a vulnerability.” 💡
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Ironically Donald Trump has helped everyone realize the need to move on from oil and gas because of this (Iran) war. Gas isn’t energy security, it’s a vulnerability.” @txsharon.bsky.social
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Energy Transfer is the most super duper, super emitter of them all. 👉Biggest single super emitter 👉4 of the 15 sites ranked as the biggest emitters 👉75 methane plumes in the study period. @timdonaghy.bsky.social But what you really need to know...👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis
Energy Transfer, whose CEO is a major Trump donor, named as biggest single methane producer in new rankings
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵THREAD - 4🧵 If you want to speak up against these practices, Texas regulators are hosting public comment meetings on the air permit renewals for the two FLNG facilities. They will be on the 15th (Liquefaction Terminal) and 22nd (Pretreatment Plant) at Lake Jackson Civic Center at 7:00 PM.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵THREAD - 3🧵 If you want to see what a month of pollution looks like, check out our Freeport LNG OGI playlist on youtube: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com
Freeport LNG Emissions (March 2026) - YouTube
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵THREAD - 2🧵 The report reveals a wide variety of issues with FLNG's operations: Exceeding flaring permits by up to 500x Releasing nearly 1500 lbs of Benzene in just one year Losing data Failing to calibrate monitors Delaying leak repairs Nearly 800 permit deviations since 2019
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵THREAD - 1🧵 Oilfield Witness's Terminal Failure report on Freeport LNG is live. This report is based on a full month of OGI recordings of FLNG's facilities and analysis of thousands of pages of regulatory compliance documents. Check it out here: oilfieldwitness.org/research/ter...
oilfieldwitness.org
Terminal Failure: Freeport LNG’s chronic problems, pollution and safety violations - Oilfield Witness
Oilfield Witness is sharing the findings of our deep-dive into Freeport LNG’s compliance practices. Earlier this year, Oilfield Witness spent a month in Freeport, documenting large emissions on a regu...
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Coming soon: Terminal Failure: Freeport LNG's chronic problems, pollution and safety violations. Regular failures, rarely a fine, risking thousands of people and the planet. The largest data from an LNG terminal to date including an entire month of OGI footage.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Once again, it's Energy Transfer. "A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law" "Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over insideclimatenews.org/news/0409202...
insideclimatenews.org
A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law - Inside Climate News
Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into a neighborhood’s drinking water source.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The debate over data centers’ water use tends to focus on how much is needed to cool servers on-site. But that fails to capture the largest and least visible part of their overall use: the water used at the power plants fueling data centers’ rising energy needs." Solar and wind use very little H20
latitudemedia.com
Data centers’ hidden water footprint is linked to the grid
A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I found this old blog post I wrote where Chesapeake Energy was promising to recycle their oil and gas wastewater. It's from August 14, 2008. That's how long the industry has been trying and failing to clean up their wastewater. www.texassharon.com/2008/08/14/c...
texassharon.com
Chesapeake Energy: Latest Plan for Drilling Waste - Texas Sharon's Bluedaze
Chesapeake talking with Fort Worth about piping drilling waste to Gateway Park for recyclingBy Mike LeeStar-Telegram FORT WORTH — Chesapeake Energy is negotiating with the city to begin piping wastewa...
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is Exxon's XTO. I have visited this site seven times since December 2022. Every time there are a huge emissions. Five times the vapor recovery system was failing.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🧵THREAD - 3🧵 A summary of some of the findings that will be included in the report is available here: oilfieldwitness.org/fact-sheet-f...
oilfieldwitness.org
Fact Sheet: Freeport LNG - Oilfield Witness
One of the U.S.’s largest LNG terminals, Freeport LNG is currently applying to renew and amend its Title V Air Permits. The permits that were supposedly rigorously reviewed by regulators were riddled ...
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🧵THREAD - 1🧵 This Saturday, Oilfield Witness will be hosting a workshop with Better Brazoria to prepare people for the upcoming Freeport LNG Title V Public Comment period. If you are interested in commenting, the workshop is at 10 AM on Saturday, August 29th at the Freeport Library.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Which one causes cancer?
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Data Centers in the U.S. are frequently powered by large numbers of smaller dirtier gas generators than those used at power plants. If you or anyone you know lives near an operating data center and want to see the facilities pollution. Please contact us!
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
An ex refinery worker talks about the health impacts from #LNG
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Future Heist @futureheist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Our analysis in @houstonchronicle.com this morning: ~25,000 plugged Texas wells at critical risk of failing, roughly 50x more than anyone had counted. When they do, "industry’s toxic wastewater can flow up the well to the surface." Is one under your house? futureheist.org/zombie-risk/
futureheist.org
Texas Zombie Wells — Risk Map
Texas oil & gas wells mapped by zombie-well risk, injection threats to drinking water, and schools & daycares.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
How clean is Exxon really?
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
People are catching on everywhere and they are sick of it.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Think #LNG is clean? Take 6 minutes and watch this first ever video that traces the emissions from the hole in the ground to a regasification plant on another continent. youtu.be/eyh4pcpBt7o?...
youtu.be
The Methane Emissions of the LNG Lifecycle
YouTube video by Oilfield Witness
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Proof: The O&G industry is rogue & follows no rule "More Than 99% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To Comply With DEP’s 2022 Methane Emission Reduction Regulations" O&G: You silly little people with your silly rules. Get out of our way. paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2026/08/more...
paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This parallels my thinking about AI and climate change. In the near term, AI will make climate change worse. In the medium term, AI could make climate change a lot worse. In the long term, AI might help address climate change -- but it will be too late to matter. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
mitsloan.mit.edu
Can AI’s climate benefits outweigh its costs? | MIT Sloan
The rising energy demands of AI and data centers threaten corporate net zero commitments and worsen climate change. But can AI also help develop climate solutions? MIT Sloan researchers investigate.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hard to believe this industry friendly article was written by an @insideclimatenews.org reporter. Burning oil and gas for energy is why climate change is happening. Statements like "incentives for gas to get built in Texas" should never go unchallenged. www.dallasobserver.com/news/as-sola...
dallasobserver.com
As solar and batteries dominate in Texas, Republican lawmakers consider natural gas minimums
Renewables make up 70% of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Why is Stanford putting out pro-gas information in 2026? Because they accept funding from fossil fuel companies. STANFORD STUDENTS, do you want to give tuition to a school that publishes anti-science propaganda? #Divest @stanfordpress.bsky.social understand-energy.stanford.edu/news/underst...
understand-energy.stanford.edu
Understand Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In Taxas, we drink radioactive oilfield waste for breakfast. It gives men higher testosterone so they are military ready and meet Pete Hegseth standards.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Oil and gas companies are looking for a new way to fund LNG projects. Their new "innovation" is to sell stakes to private equity firms and pension managers. For more on the industry tying people's retirements to sketchy LNG investment check out Jack's new blog: oilfieldwitness.org/innovation-o...
oilfieldwitness.org
Innovation or Panic: The New LNG Funding Model - Oilfield Witness
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) export is an extremely expensive undertaking. Price tags on new facilities are in the billions of dollars and it often takes years or even decades before a terminal is profita...
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Dudes like to explain things to me. :/
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Andy Gheorghiu @andygheorghiu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
BREAKING: www.bbc.com/news/article... THIS IS RELEVANT FOR ALL EU #LNG IMPORT SITES & officials/operators are ignoring it! @caneurope.org @oilchange.org @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social @umwelthilfe.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social @nhna.bsky.social @ecologistasenaccion.org
bbc.com
Egypt says drone attack caused fire on gas ships at Mediterranean port
The drone reportedly hit a US-owned regasification vessel and a Greek-owned tanker at Damietta port on Wednesday.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🤯🍔 Did you know that producing *one pound* of beef releases as much greenhouse gas pollution as burning 25-50 pounds of coal? And producing grass-fed beef is even worse? We gotta rethink our high levels of beef consumption...
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This bubbling up of oilfield wastewater first happened in 2008 and 2009 where the fracking boom was born, in Wise County, Texas. Specifically it happened in Chico, Texas and coincides with a number of miscarriages and weird physical ailments. www.texassharon.com/2009/12/27/b...
texassharon.com
Barnett Shale Disposal Well Problems Concern Rural Residents but Not Texas Railroad Commission - Texas Sharon's Bluedaze
It’s easier to make the claim that no groundwater has been contaminated if you never test the groundwater for contamination. This Star-Telegram article, Rural residents worry about Barnett Shale dispo...
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🧵THREAD - 1🧵 New York Times reports "hundreds of millions of gallons" of #fracking wastewater bubbling up in Marietta Ohio: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c... @justinmikulka.bsky.social predicted this in 2014: powering-the-planet.ghost.io/injection-we...
nytimes.com
In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground (Gift Article)
The state is a major importer of fracking wastewater, which gets pumped underground but doesn’t always stay there. The city of Marietta is fighting back.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Don't buy land in Texas for many reasons.
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thailand is considering investing in US LNG exports: oilprice.com/Latest-Energ... Have you seen an LNG plant that exports to Asia? We have: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlFb... "You can tell some people that fire is hot and they won’t touch it. Some people insist on touching it." @txsharon.bsky.social
oilprice.com
Thailand Looks to Buy Into U.S. LNG Export Projects to Secure Supply | OilPrice.com
Thailand’s PTT is in early talks to invest in U.S. LNG export projects, including Woodside’s Louisiana plant, to secure long-term supply.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
climateintegrity.org
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I've been calling "clean natural gas" the biggest scam in history. Seems we can call it fraud now. Too bad the MAGA Republicans made fraud legal these days. climateintegrity.org/projects/nat...
climateintegrity.org
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Jane Doe, pretty hate machine @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yet another great example of renewables "not doing the basics of social licence" by *checks notes* Woodside putting a SLAPP suit on a protestor, knowing full well the lax laws in Australia. The Art Of Collaboration. 😂 fyi @txsharon.bsky.social #Woodside #AusPol #energysky
Latest edition of koori mail where woodside is greenwashing with full page ads. Tom Quinn + Royce @roycerk2.bsky.social seem to see that very differently.Raelene Cooper, suing woodside.
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Fred Nurk @f2r3e5d4.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Australia is so great at forgetting that in order to survive, fossil fuels need to stay in the ground. fyi @txsharon.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social #energysky
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you haven't been to the Permian basin lately, you have no idea how dangerous this place is.
Emergency alert for sandstorm and photo of approaching sandstorm.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It’s warming. It’s us. It’s bad.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Meanwhile, Japan is the biggest financier of liquified natural gas #LNG. Considering that, there is no way those cherry trees will have any impact on climate change or the suffering of the people in the sacrifice zones along the LNG infrastructure pathway.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/07/2026
RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Including emissions from the energy sector ​and from gas flaring and methane, global emissions rose by 1.1% to ⁠41 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The U.S. accounted for 36% of that increase, with ​total emissions growth of 3.2% year-on-year, compared with 0.3% in China."
reuters.com
US drives rise in global emissions as utilities turn back to coal, report shows
The United States accounted for about a third of the rise in global carbon dioxide emissions in 2025, as higher gas prices pushed power producers ​back to coal, an Energy Institute report showed on Tu...
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Why is Europe trying to fool themselves into believing #LNG from the U.S. is clean? How bad do things have to get before people in power say enough?
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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Our work in Canada is getting more attention after a media event yesterday where Tim explained what he found.
myeastkootenaynow.com
U.S. air quality expert calls LNG Canada "a huge polluter" : My East Kootenay Now
Stay up-to-date with the latest news, events, and local happenings in the East Kootenay region. MyEastKootenayNow brings you community updates, weather forecasts, and more to keep you informed and con...
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MethaneHunter @txsharon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've known Jack since he was in kindergarten and fracking started in Flower Mound where he lived. His family had to move to safety. Leaving his home, school and friends had a lasting impact on him.
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