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Gas fields, LNG tankers, pipelines, and distribution lines also give rise to massive leaks of methane -- a gas with an even greater global warming potential than CO2.
From Barron's
There was no news, no public chit-chat, nothing that would give rise to such a big move, but there it was.
From Salon
Confidence in the near-term prospects may be brittle—and at the mercy of developments in the Middle East —but several bullish signs have emerged that should give rise to longer-term optimism.
From Barron's
The thinking goes that tougher capital requirements for banks since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis have helped give rise to more nonbank lending, including the now trillion-dollar-plus private-credit market.
The thinking goes that tougher capital requirements for banks since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis have helped give rise to more nonbank lending, including the now-multi-trillion dollar private-credit market.
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