ESG & Investing
These Companies Are Pushing Back on Science Showing Their Pollution
When researchers said satellite data showed their facilities had leaked huge amounts of methane, companies began questioning the scientific analysis.
A satellite image of the Pemex oil platform where scientists said they spotted giant methane leaks.
Source: Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by ESA, Creative Commons Attribution: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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