Mixed momentum on methane mitigation
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
It’s been a year since the Global Methane Pledge promised action to reduce emissions by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030, but few countries have formally introduced policies.
EU closer to enforcing rules on methane emissions in the energy sector
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
The EU looks ready to enforce new regulations aimed at curbing methane emissions in the energy sector, for the first time. On 15 November, the European Council and Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on a regulation aimed at tracking and reducing methane emissions in the energy sector. A coal power plant In Poland.
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Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies
EDF + Business
APRIL 25, 2024
By Josh Torres and Andrew Howell, CFA Starbucks and Clover Sonoma said this week they would track and disclose methane emissions within their dairy supply chains, joining the Dairy Methane Action Alliance in the latest sign of accelerating action on food sector methane emissions.
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Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Duke Energy has upped its net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, pledging to eliminate methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 through a combination of better pipeline leak detection, more efficient operations, and investing in renewable natural gas to reduce the carbon intensity of its supplies.
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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too
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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Methane leaks from coal mines will blow Australia’s already weak 2030 climate targets
Renew Economy
JUNE 7, 2022
Australia's open-pit coal mines are leaking more than 10 times the amount of methane - a potent greenhouse gas - that is being reported to regulators. The post Methane leaks from coal mines will blow Australia’s already weak 2030 climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Methane over Poland’s coal mines: Satellite analysis from ESA
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 24, 2022
According to the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, the top 10 largest methane emitting coal mines in Europe are in Poland. Collectively, these mines released around 282,300 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere in 2020.
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Shared Duty: National, International Oil Companies Bound Together by Methane Obligations
EDF + Business
MARCH 18, 2024
Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Shared Duty: National, International Oil Companies Bound Together by Methane Obligations To deliver on broader climate pledges, industry must engage national oil companies in its efforts. in their upstream operations by 2030. in their upstream operations by 2030.
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Oil and gas giants pledge to work towards 'near zero' methane emissions by 2030
Business Green
MARCH 9, 2022
Fossil fuel companies confirm plan to review collective methane targets for 2025 and onwards in light of new goal. They have also pointed out that methane's relatively short atmospheric lifetime means action taken now would have a far more rapid impact than action on carbon.
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Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk
EDF + Business
MARCH 6, 2023
ESG By EDF: Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk Oil and gas companies must curb methane emissions to limit warming this decade, and address urgent risks. The last few years have seen notable improvements in the methane-related performance of some companies.
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Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF
EDF + Business
JANUARY 16, 2023
The global dairy company Danone is taking a big step forward by pledging to work with its farmer suppliers to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. . It aims to achieve significant methane cuts while feeding a growing population and protecting the livelihoods of farmers around the world.
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“It’s all about the methane”: World Biogas Summit takes place online in early July
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 29, 2021
The World Biogas Summit 2021 will focus on how, in the build up to COP26, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Ahead of his address, CCAC’s Drew Shindell said: “Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade.
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National Oil Companies’ Oversized and Overlooked Methane Emissions, How Finance and Industry Must Help Now
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
The UN climate talks hosted in Dubai this month will shine a bright light on the pivotal role national oil companies, like UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC), can and ultimately must play in the fight against climate change – particularly the urgent need to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain.
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Ships switching to LNG still leading to 'dangerous' methane emissions, report warns
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
New report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) highlights the need to control methane slips on ships that have switched to using LNG as fuel. The researchers comes amidst predictions demand for LNG fuel for ships trading within the European Union could triple between 2019 and 2030.
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Global Methane Pledge: 150 nations now part of drive to slash emissions by 2030
Business Green
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Just 50 nations worldwide now outside initiative that aims to cut methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030. First launched with just over 100 national backers at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow a year ago, the Global Methane Pledge commits signatories to collectively reducing emissions of the gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.
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Activating National Oil Companies for Climate Progress: Financial Strategies to Cut Methane Pollution
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Decarbonizing Oil and Gas Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, responsible for more than one quarter of the warming we are experiencing today, and global oil and gas production is a major source of methane emissions. 19 of the top 20 publicly traded companies have set methane targets. can open the door.
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Study: Cumbrian coal mine could threaten UK methane emissions targets
Business Green
MARCH 10, 2023
The report claims West Cumbria Mining's estimates that the project could produce three to seven tonnes of methane emissions per tonne of coal produced is likely to be a significant underestimate. Failure to do so would be incompatible with the Methane Pledge."
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MARS mission: UN launches new methane detecting satellite
Business Green
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
New Methane Action and Response System hailed as major boost for efforts to tackle methane emissions. The UN has today announced the launch of a new satellite-based methane detection system designed to help governments and businesses identify major sources of the second most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $25M to Accelerate Satellite Technologies That Pinpoint Methane Emitters to Turbocharge Fight Against Climate Change
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 12, 2021
New funding builds on unique partnership to tackle potent methane emissions between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carbon Mapper, Planet, the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation, and RMI . The pledge needs to be matched with bold solutions.
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CH4 Global raises $29 million to reduce livestock methane emissions
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
billion cows on the planet burp and fart more than 150 million tons of methane per. The post CH4 Global raises $29 million to reduce livestock methane emissions appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, September 5 — The roughly 1.5
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Arla Foods to give methane-reducing feed to 10,000 cows across Europe
Business Green
APRIL 20, 2022
Dairy giant estimates major on-farm pilot could cut methane emissions from cattle by almost a third. Cows are ruminants, which means that to digest their food they continuously burp, releasing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas which represents a major climate challenge for the meat and dairy industry.
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World Biogas Summit 2022 headliners include Rick Duke, White House Liaison for John Kerry, and H.E. Hadjia Samira Bawumia, Second Lady of Ghana
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 24, 2022
How biogas can address methane emissions will be the key theme of this year’s event. Entitled “ the Methane Imperative ”, the event will build upon the launch of the Global Methane Pledge at COP26 to highlight how biogas could deliver up to 50% of the targets set up in the pledge, which has now been signed by over 100 countries.
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MethaneSAT brings key tool to oil & gas operators, gives stakeholders unprecedented transparency
EDF + Business
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Methane is now a central part of the oil & gas industry’s climate challenge. It was also a focal point in the COP28 climate talks, where 52 producers representing more than a third of global production joined the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter, pledging to reduce emissions to near zero and to eliminate routine flaring by 2030.
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Investor Guide to Proposed EPA Methane Regulations
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 1, 2021
EPA proposed new regulations to reduce methane and other harmful air pollution from new and existing sources in the oil and natural gas industry. New EPA rules would significantly reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities. In November 2021, the U.S. Read the Guide. Highlights from the Investor Guide. per barrel annually.
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Beyond CO2: Scientists call beefed up strategy to tackle methane emissions
Business Green
MAY 25, 2022
Methane is a blow torch that’s cooking the planet,' scientists warn, as new study argues near term action could play a critical role in curbing global warming. Our study shows that phasing out fossil fuels is essential but must be paired with targeted action now on methane, black carbon soot, HFCs, and smog.
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Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?
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'Inexcusable': IEA calls for global action to plug methane leakage in fossil fuel sector
Business Green
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Tackling methane from oil and gas operations among 'best near-term opportunities’ for combatting climate change, IEA argues. Methane, which is largely released from abandoned coal mines, oil and gas operations, and farming, has a far greater global warming potential than CO2.
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UN: Slashing methane emissions 'one of the best ways' to curb global temperature rise
Business Green
MAY 6, 2021
Methane emissions reduction could significantly reduce rates of global warming at a relatively low cost, major research warns. As such, the report emphasises that methane mitigation is "one of the best ways of limiting warming in this and subsequent decades".
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How Does Methane Fit into Net Zero Targets?
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Specifically, early action on methane stands out as the most effective strategy to slow warming in the near-term. . In this new study, the authors assessed four pathways to net zero with varying mitigation timelines for methane and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to illustrate the range of potential climate outcomes.
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Cumbria coal mine could derail UK methane pledges, study warns
Business Green
JANUARY 17, 2023
Green Alliance estimates proposed coking coal mine in Cumbria could emit as much methane each year as 120,000 cows. However, the UK, along with scores of countries around the world, is committed to collectively reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030 as part of the Global Methane Pledge.
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EU warned it cannot meet methane goals without curbing livestock numbers
Business Green
JUNE 14, 2022
Report argues promised 30 per cent cut in methane emissions will be extremely difficult to achieve without tackling livestock numbers. A new report has today warned the EU "cannot deliver" on the commitments it has made under the Global Methane Pledge without cutting livestock numbers. per cent by 2030.
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The decade ahead for hydrogen: Report offers predictions
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 18, 2024
Hydrogen economy: Status vs ambition Currently, over 98% of global hydrogen originates from fossil fuel-based grey and black hydrogen, produced using steam methane reforming and coal gasification. For instance, the UK targets 10GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 (2.5 The most prevalent is steam methane reforming (SMR).
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BP invests $5m in methane leak-detecting specialist Satelytics
Business Green
JUNE 22, 2020
Cloud-based geospatial analytics firm uses imagery and machine learning to monitor environmental changes such as methane emissions. BP Ventures said the technology could potentially play a key role in supporting BP's pledge to install methane measurements across all its major processing sites by 2023.
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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 26, 2020
In 2018 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) — the UN-affiliated body which oversees the global shipping sector — agreed on a draft target to cut global emissions by at least 50 percent by 2050 compared to 2008, alongside targets to cut the average carbon intensity by at least 40 percent by 2030. percent by 2025.
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The methane impact of organic waste vs fossil fuel emissions
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
While the focus is usually on fossil fuel emissions as the main climate change culprit, a new analysis by the nonprofit Energy Vision concludes that reducing emissions from organic waste would more steeply reduce methane. announced their commitment to cutting methane emissions by 30% by 2030, as compared with 2020 levels.
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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The report, now in its 12th year, finds that countries’ updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – and other commitments made for 2030 but not yet submitted in an updated NDC – only take an additional 7.5 per cent off predicted annual greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, compared to the previous round of commitments.
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Law? What law? Pandering to the governor, Dominion’s new plan ignores Virginia’s climate law
Energy Central
MAY 20, 2023
Coal will be gone by 2030, and methane gas will hang around in ever-smaller amounts, just to fill in the energy gaps. Last December, Dominion Energy produced a remarkable document: a climate report predicting that by 2040 its electricity supply will be dominated by renewable energy.
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Morrisons pledges to be 'completely supplied' by net zero British farms by 2030
Business Green
MARCH 8, 2021
Supermarket giant Morrisons has today announced a hugely ambitious new goal to become the "first supermarket to be completely supplied by 'net zero' carbon British farms by 2030". Supermarket reveals wide-ranging plan to work with suppliers to slash agricultural emissions and establish templates other farms can follow.
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2023 World Bank Flaring Update
EDF + Business
APRIL 6, 2023
ESG By EDF: Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World 2023 World Bank Flaring Update EDF analysis of the latest World Bank data indicates trouble for 2030 zero routine flaring goal Download Slides Global Gas Flaring The World Bank’s 2023 report provides updated global flaring data for 2022. IEA – Global Methane Tracker 2023 6.
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Anaerobic digestion trade body calls for ban on Russian natural gas imports in open letter to the UK Prime Minister
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 11, 2022
As part of its response to the Ukraine crisis, the EU has already announced it will double its ambition for biomethane production to 354TWh by 2030 to end its reliance on natural gas imports. Finally, biomethane is generated by recycling methane emitting organic wastes. Last year, the UK imported 24.6TWh of natural gas from Russia.
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'No time to waste': UK water industry targets net zero by 2030
Business Green
MARCH 4, 2020
Water UK promises to deliver 2030 net zero strategy focused on energy efficiency, emissions reduction from water treatment processes, and ramping up clean energy sources. The water industry has made an ambitious pledge to achieve net zero carbon by 2030," said Water UK chief executive Christine McGourty.
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Building community knowledge in Colorado
Defend Our Future
JANUARY 30, 2024
Strengthening Colorado’s methane regulations is a critical part of improving our air quality in line with Colorado’s 2030 emission reduction goals. We hope this final protocol provides clear guidance ensuring oil and gas operators implement methane measurement programs that capture accurate and useful pollution data from their sites.
Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 30, 2021
“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.” Read the Executive Summary.
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'Climate smart': Global beef industry vows to curb carbon intensity by 30 per cent by 2030
Business Green
JUNE 29, 2021
The GRSB said its members would work to reduce the net global warming impact of each unit of beef they produce by 30 per cent by 2030 through the adoption of a suite of best practices across the beef value chain.
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