Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely underestimates its greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers conclude that as much as five times more methane is being leaked from oil and gas production than reported.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel industry as the EU fleshes out its plans to slash carbon emissions, ahead of June’s European parliament elections. million tonnes of greenhouse gases during the same period.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5 Other problematic sources of air pollution include methane, which produces hazardous ground-level ozone that is linked to health conditions such as lung damage, chest pain , and exacerbated respiratory diseases.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Australia vows to cut methane emissions, the US ratifies the Kigali Agreement, and all the other green business news from around the world this week. President Joe Biden chalked up another climate policy win this week, after signing the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

“It is for government to determine the right trade-offs for society and put in place smart policy to enable fundamental change in the way society consumes energy,” a Shell spokesperson said. “Whatever policies are chosen there will be ‘winners’ and ‘losers,'” he wrote.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 14, 2022

In May 2021, the TCEQ issued a permit to GCGV. On clear nights, he says, he can see the flares burning, releasing a gas cocktail of carbon monoxide and methane. By early June, the monitors registered a three-hour spike in ozone levels, which, if sustained over time, Nye said, would exceed federal guidelines.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2021

Preliminary data shows that methane emissions jumped in 2020 by the largest amount since systematic record-keeping began decades ago. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that global methane concentrations shot up by 14.67 Globally averaged, monthly mean atmospheric methane abundance. million years.

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