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A tech-backed mission to monitor methane pollution launches today

The Verge: Energy

Image: MethaneSAT via EDF A mission to map and track global methane pollution, a powerful greenhouse gas, is scheduled to launch today after years of collaboration between some of the biggest names in tech. It also routinely escapes from oil and gas fields, pipelines, and even home appliances.

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10 Rooftop Solar and Storage Predictions for the Next Decade

GreenTechMedia

So this year I’m giving myself a whole decade to get these behind-the-meter energy system predictions mostly right. But adding batteries to a PV system increases the cost and confuses the energy savings calculations. Cellphone apps are the standard for customer system monitoring. No standard energy system interface.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Synterex: Clinical Service Provider That Gives Back to the Environment and Society

Green Business Bureau

Synterex is a gold-level certified clinical solutions provider Synterex is a clinical solutions provider of publishing, clinical science, project management, medical and regulatory writing, and IT collaboration services – from process development and optimization to document production.

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2022 in Photos: Gaslighting by the Fossil Fuel Industry and Its Supporters

DeSmogBlog

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Tanker at the dock at Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 12, 2022. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Part 2: The Dirty Dozen Documents of Big Oil’s Secret Climate Knowledge

DeSmogBlog

In the minds of the fossil fuel executives, this point must have been hammered home when federal scientists published a report on carbon dioxide and climate change in 1979. Document 7: 1981. And the company was monitoring all scientific research and policy activities, through a single collection point. Catch up on part one.

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Ground Flare At Mammoth New Exxon SABIC Plastics Plant Likened to A Harmless ‘Barbecue’ In Corporate Video

DeSmogBlog

The site is home to the world’s largest ethane steam cracker plant, which will feed the production of nurdles – tiny pellets that form the building blocks for plastic products. As the planet warms, hurricanes are intensifying more quickly, leaving less time for facilities to shut down before they are potentially hit.