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Inside Carbon: Balancing the scales for methane emissions

Natural gas is a relatively clean burning fossil fuel — relative to coal, that is. Then we figured out that natural gas could warm the planet as much as coal in the short term, due to methane leaks...

IPC 2021 Sustainability Report highlights Validere’s role in validating methane emissions data

International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) released its 2021 Sustainability Report, detailing the progress made by the E&P company on ESG goals and strategies.

5 building blocks for efficient regulatory reporting

Regulatory reporting is an increasingly complex and stressful task for many energy companies.

Inside Carbon: 5 questions you should ask about certified gas initiatives

In a world with an ever-growing and tangled web of options to clean up (or green up) natural gas, it’s no wonder that many industry executives are not sure which initiatives will leave them on the...

Validere announces expansion of market fundamentals team with key new hires

Dr. Erin Tullos, Jen Snyder, and Amber McCullagh join the company as senior advisors.

Inside Carbon: Reduction of actual emissions over paper emissions

A 2020 article on Refining National Greenhouse Gas Inventories opened with, “The importance of greenhouse gas inventories cannot be overstated.” The argument: these inventories inform national...

WTI prices face holiday hangover

WTI front month futures prices dropped below $100/bbl for the first time since May, trading below $96/bbl on July 6. WTI has not consistently been below $100/bbl since the start of the crisis in...

Validere acquires emissions management and regulatory reporting platform Clairifi

Inside Carbon: Moody’s expands ESG integration of credit scores to financial institutions

Risk assessment firm Moody’s is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) credit scores to financial institutions and consumer products. Between the expansion of credit scores as well...

A guide to understanding methane intensity

Since methane is a green house gas (GHG) that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide and only lasts about 10 years in the atmosphere, it represents the most significant and immediate opportunity...