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The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 9 mins While carbon dioxide — deservedly — gets a bad rap when it comes to climate change, about 40 percent of global warming actually can be attributed to the powerful greenhouse gas methane, according to the 2013 IPCC report. Tags: methane fracking venting emissions Dr. Robert Howarth American Petroleum Institute

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Government launches call for evidence on how to tackle livestock methane emissions

Business Green

Government and devolved administrations team up to explore how to accelerate adoption of methane-busting feed products for cattle and sheep. Efficiency gains in dairy farming mean that we are now producing 11 per cent more milk than we were in 2000 with 24 per cent fewer cows, Defra added.

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Italy’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Further research by DeSmog has shown that Eni’s company magazine Ecos made repeated references to climate change during the late 1980s and 1990s — while running advertising campaigns promoting natural gas, which is mostly comprised of planet-warming methane, as a “clean” fuel. ‘Friend Methane!

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Fume faculties

Envirotec Magazine

Figure 1: With the Protea 2000 duct- or stack-mounted analyser, the exhaust gas passes through a set of sintered metal panels, a proprietary technology said to remove the need for filtering. Envirotec asked continuous emissions monitoring expert Protea for insight into the topic.

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Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions

Eco-Business

China, and South Asia and Oceania were some of the regions that saw the largest increase in methane emissions, jumping to as much as 15 million tonnes between the 2000-06 average and 2017, a new report has found.

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Ireland’s Agri Lobby Has Dodged Its Climate Commitments Through Special Pleading and Dubious Science

DeSmogBlog

The IFA has worked closely with controversial California-based air quality scientist, Frank Mitloehner, to argue against the need to sharply curtail methane emissions from livestock. According to the California Air Resources Board , livestock emissions in 2019 “are 18 per cent higher than 2000 levels”. Steep Cuts for Other Sectors.

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The Reality Behind Green Hydrogen’s Soaring Hype

GreenTechMedia

gigawatts of green hydrogen electrolyzer capacity might be deployed between now and 2025, a 1,272 percent increase on the 253 megawatts installed from 2000 to the end of 2019. In research published last month, Wood Mackenzie said more than 3.2 Neither option is cheap, though. Playing the heating card.