Envirotec Magazine

JULY 14, 2021

Absent taxonomic data, however, we can’t say that definitively, but nothing else we’re aware of can explain this pattern,” Rose said. When oxygen levels decline, bacteria that thrive in environments without oxygen, such as those that produce methane, begin to proliferate.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

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. Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5 I can tell you that the real number is definitely higher,” he said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

RSG is a new term used in the natural gas industry to describe voluntary reporting initiatives, centered largely around emissions of the powerful climate pollutant methane, but which may also include other criteria such as air quality, water stewardship, land impacts, and “ community interests.” What Is RSG?

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $25 million to create the Carbon Mapper Accelerator program to advance the deployment of emerging technologies and critical infrastructure to collect, make sense of, and distribute a rich global dataset of methane and carbon dioxide emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2021

Disputed Definitions. While blue hydrogen involves carbon capture and storage technology, not all emissions are able to be captured and leaks of the powerful planet-heating gas methane are possible. “The over-emphasis on hydrogen as a result of lobbying could lock Europe into decades more of fossil fuels.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2020

While last year’s Arctic fires spanned both Alaska and Siberia, this year, Siberia is the definitive star of the show. Peat fires also emit considerable quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas with roughly 30 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over a century.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But more Meatless Mondays are definitely in order. Food production contributes to carbon emissions in many ways, including clearing land for grazing, using artificial fertilizers and emitting methane via livestock. This doesn’t mean the whole world has to become vegan. And maybe some Tuesdays and Wednesdays for good measure.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon dioxide equivalent” is a standard unit for counting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions regardless of whether they’re from carbon dioxide or another gas, such as methane.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 25, 2023

Historically, New Mexico has not been able to police its methane leaks and abandoned wells, despite recent rules mandating that this be done. Whole fields of old, low- or no-production wells are left to rust and leak oil into waterways and methane, a potent climate warming gas, into the sky.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 29, 2024

Levy says it does not make sense that the state prioritized such a costly site restoration when the well did not appear to be as much of a public health or climate threat as orphaned well sites actively leaking methane. They spent a very small amount plugging that well,” Levy said. All the work was to get the tanks within Exxon’s property.

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Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

DWR measures the CO2 and methane emissions from the wetlands it created on Sherman Island. tons per acre per year in the delta — but freshwater wetlands also emit the greenhouse gas methane, which has about 30 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide. The longer-term goal is to reverse them. Jonno Rattman / Bay Nature.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Firstly, every COP is by definition the most important COP ever, up to the point when global emissions are consistently falling at a rapid rate and the world is mobilising trillions of dollars to fully decarbonise the global economy and enhance the climate resilience of our societies.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

And secondly, setting clear standards and definitions around what investments are in line with net zero. Canada also re-committed to phasing out international fossil fuel financing by 2023 and reducing oil and gas methane emissions by 75% by 2030. Progress is being made on both these fronts.

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Grist

JANUARY 10, 2023

As you cruise through this tiny world, you pass more than 400,000 nitrogen molecules, 100,000 oxygen molecules, 219 carbon dioxide molecules, before you find what you’re looking for: a single molecule of methane. Methane is one of the most powerful yet misunderstood greenhouse gasses on Earth. methane emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The Adnoc LNG field and a number of others in the UAE appear to be constantly emitting and burning polluting methane despite Adnoc’s 20-year-old policy to reduce the environmentally damaging practice to zero in on day to day operations. Flaring also allows the escape of some unburned methane gas, which is a powerful greenhouse gas.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Tyson told the Progressive Grocer it is “trying to be upbeat and different”, with something that speaks definitively to younger Millennial and Gen Z consumers. Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As the Transform to Net Zero initiative stated in its position paper released last week, “We recognize that the definition of net zero is rapidly evolving, but this is no reason to delay action. This means setting net zero by 2050 goals, and turning these pledges into progress.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Government responses around the world promise to make this a historic and definitive turning point towards a cleaner, more affordable and more secure energy system.". The need for continued action, regardless of the feasibility of the 1.5C

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

If we've deliberately restricted gas supplies then by definition that must have served to push up the price. The fractionally more convincing critique of the cost of the net zero transition is that climate policy is somehow to blame for soaring gas prices.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

There was definitely some spin and duplication of effort going on, but the vast majority of the announcements point to how decarbonisation efforts can be drastically accelerated. From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 19, 2023

Definitions of “out of use” differ, and many pipelines registered as “removed” are in fact still intact, confusing the picture further. When inactive wells are not properly plugged, they can leak natural gas, which is mostly comprised of methane, a powerful climate pollutant.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Gas, however, still releases methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and its extraction leads to further emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after being released into the atmosphere.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Definitely. For one thing, people do seem to be waking up to the fact that cooking on a gas stove means that you are combusting a fossil fuel in your home and that this is causing pollutants to build up indoors — not only NO2 but also benzene , a known carcinogen, and the powerful greenhouse gas methane. The science has also grown.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2021

Both EQT and Chesapeake will seek certification from outside providers, including a business called Project Canary, which touts its ability to collect data on methane emissions and pollutants from oil and gas wells and offers a certification it calls TrustWell. We need to address the brand problem.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Since 1990, methane emissions from agriculture have increased nearly 17 percent , largely because of the way manure is managed on large farms. The “latest science-based information” to which the Pork Board is referring includes Mitloehner’s campaign to downplay the impact of methane emissions from the livestock industry.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

Livestock raised in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), produce more methane than cows that graze on grass. There is no clear definition. There’s an academic, philosophical definition, but there’s not a practical definition, nothing that says, ‘It includes this many species.’ What is agroforestry?"

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

When we had that peak last year, we brought down the load to 52 gigawatts, but everything was turned on—methane gas generators, gasoline generators, everything. But buses, school buses, all those things will definitely be a part of it. From a CO 2 footprint perspective, that was really bad. Gregory Poilasne: It’s all EVs.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

She told a compelling story of succeeding in an industry where she was definitely a token woman. Here’s a cool one: Molly Morse of Mango Materials shared how her company uses methane gas to make biodegradable plastic. Another entertaining speaker was Sara Carroll of Swinerton Renewable Energy. What’s the future of office buildings?

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

The definition of zero waste varies widely, with various organizations defining zero waste differently, each with their own interpretation as to what it takes to get to “zero.”. Climate Emergency – There is no single definition of what that means but many local areas say they want to be carbon-neutral by 2030.

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Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 28, 2021

Nearly a quarter of that is beef, with environmental impacts ranging from methane emissions (aka cow burps) to land-use changes to water stresses. They’re definitely interested in what’s being said about climate and, especially, things like carbon credits. How are they thinking about the future?

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Planet-warming gases are emitted across the supply chain, from the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by clearing forests for pastures and feed crops, and burning petrol and diesel to transport animals and meat, to the methane emitted from animals and their manure. . Second, it would only reduce methane emissions from the cattle.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

COP26 delivered a historic global moment that made it crystal clear that climate action is a top priority for governments and businesses almost everywhere.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The captured CO2 is then converted into methane (CO) and blended with the hydrogen, most commonly using a technology called Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS), to produce syngas. ”  That leaves basically three options for decarb: electric planes, hydrogen planes, or cleaning up the fuel powering today’s fleet.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

And that is exactly where it hurts most: once there is no more multi-year ice, the Arctic is per very definition ice-free during summer and the unit is broken. Lot’s of Methane. Some of you might already be aware of the ticking time bomb called methane. And we are dangerously close. This happened before during Earth’s history.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

They can pay to destroy methane leaking from a landfill. Right now it only applies to CO2 gas, but Charm hopes to lobby to get the definition expanded to include bio-oil. Most offsets that companies buy are designed to reduce emissions. For example, companies can pay to build a solar farm that replaces fossil fuel generation.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Campaigners have previously criticised the sprints for promoting industry friendly techno-fixes that are unproven at scale, such as the Greener Cattle Initiative, which aims to reduce methane emissions from cattle by changing their diet. As COP28 host UAE is also looking to leave its mark.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While these distinctions are helpful, they’re definitely not exhaustive or absolute. Their Climate Action Engine , developed in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Insitute , models and visualizes methane emissions from oil and gas, helping the industry understand how best to meet emissions reduction targets. million.

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