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Cases / Water use · United States · 2013

Producers funded 90% of EDF's 2013 methane study, HPPR reported

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 not measured · 1 unclear See the gaps

The Environmental Defense Fund's 2013 methane study received 90% of its budget from producers, including Shell and Exxon, which also gave the study field access. The sources reviewed do not say whether that funding shaped the findings.

What?
Producers funded 90% of the budget of the Environmental Defense Fund's 2013 methane study and gave it field access. HPPR
Where?
United States. HPPR
When?
2013. HPPR
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Producers paid most of the study's budget and provided access to field sites. HPPR
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Producers, including Shell and Exxon, provided 90% of the budget for the Environmental Defense Fund's 2013 methane study, HPPR reported.

The same producers also gave the study access to field sites, the report said.

    In court and with insurers

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    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

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    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Unclear Whether the funding shaped the study's findings: not stated in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record Other funders, if any, and the study's full budget: not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Law and courts

    Arbitration
    A private dispute process in which an appointed arbitrator, instead of a court, decides the case.
    Plea
    In a criminal case, the defendant's formal answer to a charge. A plea agreement settles a case with a guilty plea on agreed terms.
    Punitive damages
    Money a court orders a defendant to pay to punish especially reckless conduct, on top of compensation for losses. Mainly used in US courts.

    Science and environment

    Wetland
    Land that is saturated or covered with water for long periods, such as marshes, swamps and peat bogs.

    Insurance

    Underwriter
    An insurer, or a person at an insurer, who assesses a risk and decides whether and on what terms to insure it.
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