This is one of the worst flares I’ve seen in the Permian in Loco Hills, New Mexico.

“Methane emissions from the energy sector plateaued near record highs,” the IEA found in its annual Global Methane Tracker. “There is still no sign that methane emissions from fossil fuel operations are falling, despite well-known and proven mitigation pathways.” Are they proven?

“I’ve been hearing that the industry can solve the methane problem since the early 2000s,” she [@txsharon.bsky.social] said. “But it hasn’t happened, and methane keeps climbing higher and higher. The only way methane levels will come down is to stop permitting new wells.”

New Mexico snuck in a little bill called SB 136 on Friday. Known as the Unlawful Use Of Unmanned Aircraft bill. Humans can’t see methane, but we can see oil. The industry and the politicians they’ve bought don’t even want you to see that. @justinmikulka.bsky.social @txsharon.bsky.social

Jeff Bezos just destroyed the climate reporting at one of the biggest papers in the country. Makes you think he doesn't really care about addressing climate change, right? So what is he getting for his massive donations to many large climate related NGOs? He knows. Do you?

"We're all facing this issue where there's more to place and not enough takers," one of the traders said Again, perhaps before you illegally take over another country to steal there oil you should figure out if anyone, even your own country wants it.

"Just a few kilometres away from the nearest residential neighbourhood, LNG Canada had been feeding gas into its flaring system by a magnitude of more than 15 times the typical amount to compensate for what was described as an 'integrity issue.'” There definitely are integrity issues.

Charlie has warned about issues at the Artesia refinery for years. “The recent explosion underlines the risk communities bear when industry privatizes profits and socializes harm to the community.” From @wildearthguardians.bsky.social

More evidence for a link between microplastic exposure and heart disease. (An earlier human study found that microplastics in carotid artery plaque was correlated with elevated risk of stroke and heart attack.) www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/micr...

Last week we were in The Hill. This week its Politico. Charlie Barrett, a thermographer and field ecologist in the Permian with the environmental group Oilfield Witness... “You can’t vent or flare in New Mexico, but I see it constantly. Dozens of times a day.”

We know that reducing methane emissions is our best lever to slow global warming before 2050. The so-called climate "emergency brake" that we can pull if we choose. Instead, we are stepping on the accelerator.

From a reporter I’m currently working with. searchlightnm.org/donald-trump...

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