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Methane, manure and a net-zero pledge
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Methane Renewable EnergyBy addressing a gas that can super-charge warming, Dominion Energy is breaking new ground. And its plans hinge on an unusual source of power.
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Antarctica's seafloor is leaking methane, scientists confirm
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 23, 2020
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that methane leaking is from Antarctica's sea bed. They say the methane is likely escaping into the atmosphere
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Affordable methane detection
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The GF77 from FLIR Systems is said to be an affordable, handheld methane detection camera allowing inspection professionals to actually see invisible methane leaks and other industrial gases at natural gas power plants, renewable energy production facilities, and other locations. The GF77 is spectrally filtered to optimally visualize methane gas, says FLIR Systems.
Measuring methane at landfill sites using drones
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 28, 2021
Viridor is working with UAV expert High Compliance, to understand the flight characteristics required for effective methane emissions surveys. The company has established a project team to plan a series of methane measurement surveys across several UK sites.
Sensitive methane sensing on a budget?
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 14, 2021
Researchers have developed a new sensor that they suggest could allow practical and low cost detection of low concentrations of methane gas. Measuring methane emissions is important because the gas contributes to global warming and air pollution.
EU methane policy recommendations
EDF + Business
JUNE 9, 2020
Methane: Europe’s missing link for effective energy decarbonization. and Algeria, countries with sizeable methane emissions. Many key stakeholders have already come to understand the importance of a regulated methane performance standard underpinned by robust, science-based assurance.
Methane action at National Oil Companies
EDF + Business
MARCH 23, 2021
As the largest producers of oil and gas globally, National Oil Companies are critical stakeholders to achieving deep cuts in global methane emissions. climate leadership methane net zero commitments
Protected: Private Equity Methane Solutions Summit
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 23, 2020
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To Meet Sustainability Goals, Food Companies Need To Slash Methane
EDF + Business
JUNE 24, 2021
For companies that produce, process or sell beef, pork and/or dairy, there’s an often overlooked, invisible source of climate pollution lurking in the supply chain: methane. While some food and agricultural companies are making progress on methane, there’s still a long way to go.
Can a new wave of laser and aerial imagery technologies slash methane emissions?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Along Colorado’s Front Range, researchers are working to develop new ways of detecting methane leaks, using everything from lasers to light aircraft to drones.
The other greenhouse gas: UN report sets the record straight on methane
Grist
AUGUST 13, 2021
Most of the time carbon dioxide gets all the attention as the most villainous of greenhouse gasses, and the industries that pollute the atmosphere with methane would like to keep it that way. And part of that new emphasis is on methane,” Hayek said.
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 .
Sponsored Content: Methane detector has leaks covered
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The SEM5000 is a portable methane detector specially designed for landfill surface emissions monitoring, reporting and detecting potential leaks at wellheads and surface penetrations. The laser technology allows the device to scan the sample spectrum and identify methane (CH4) only.
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New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 25, 2020
Read time: 6 mins New research based on satellite data confirms that the oil and gas industry in the Permian region of Texas and New Mexico is leaking record amounts of methane. percent of the total methane produced by the oil and gas industry there.
Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters
Planet Pulse
APRIL 15, 2021
In addition, the Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plan to deploy a ground-breaking hyperspectral satellite constellation with the ability to pinpoint, quantify and track point-source methane and CO 2 emissions. To read the press release in full, click here.
Cow Burps – Cattle Industry Poised To Lead The Way To A Cooler Earth By Reducing Methane Content
Jim Conca
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Davis shows a dramatic reduction in cattle methane emissions using red seaweed as a feed supplement while significantly reducing the cost of feed. A new study out of U.C.
Little-known firms lead America's list of top methane polluters
Inhabitant
JUNE 3, 2021
Among the top 10 emitters of methane, five are smaller firms. Their environmental footprint is now larger than their production
The methane impact of organic waste vs fossil fuel emissions
Inhabitant
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. And it would cost less to accomplish
The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 22, 2019
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.
Industry first liquid bio methane offering
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
It is produced during the anaerobic digestion (AD) process, which breaks down organic matter (such as food, sewage sludge or animal waste) to produce methane-rich biogas. Flogas Britain – a major supplier of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) – has added liquid biomethane (Bio-LNG) to its off-grid energy supply, marking what is said to be the industry’s first Bio-LNG solution for commercial and industrial operations.
Methane is front and center for EIG’s portfolio companies
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Note: this is the second installment of a dialogue Q&A series with private equity investors following a methane summit EDF recently hosted for portfolio companies of EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) and Quantum Energy Partners. Andrew: What is EIG’s future strategy for methane management?
Brighton firm to develop new landfill methane emission monitoring intelligence platform
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 10, 2020
The University will develop a feasibility study and test approaches for the satellite detection of methane emissions at landfill sites, and for the satellite detection of vegetation health changes in the proximity of landfills due to accidents or mismanagement.
Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Methane leakage from natural gas pipelines. Duke's new methane targets are focused on its natural gas distribution businesses, including Piedmont Natural Gas in the Southeast and its Duke Energy gas business in the Midwest.
‘Massive’ Methane Leaks Found Coming From Oil and Gas Sites in Europe
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 24, 2021
Leaking methane from oil and gas infrastructure is widespread across the European continent, reveals an investigation of more than 150 sites in seven countries. This is the first large investigation of methane leakage from oil and gas sites in Europe. “We’ve
Four ways EPA methane rollbacks threaten American natural gas
EDF + Business
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
By Ben Ratner At the behest of the American Petroleum Institute, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate nationwide limits on methane pollution, sending America’s natural gas industry backwards to the days of uncontrolled emissions. Eliminating methane standards would increase risk to each part of this foundation, making this proposed rollback a prime opportunity for risk-conscious executives and investors to speak out this fall.
Digital innovation: how National Oil Companies can meet the methane challenge
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Owned and overseen by national governments, As such, it is in both their commercial and national interest to minimize waste – particularly of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is responsible for a quarter of the climate warming we’re experiencing today. By Isabel Mogstad.
“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. The event takes place on 6 – 8 July.
Peak methane? IEA urges oil and gas sector to plug methane leakage
Business Green
JANUARY 17, 2021
Methane update reveals that reduced demand for oil and gas during the pandemic's shutdown of industry and travel saw methane emissions drop 10 per cent in 2020. Companies have also touted sizeable new investment programmes to detect and fix methane leaks.
UN General Assembly sees progress on methane, climate finance and coal
Eco-Business
OCTOBER 6, 2021
The annual meeting has prepared the ground for UN climate talks in November, but large caveats remain
Scientists concerned by ‘record high’ global methane emissions
Eco-Business
JULY 15, 2020
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
This Loophole in New Mexico's Methane Rules Is a Gift to Big Oil and Gas
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 4, 2020
Read time: 10 mins In October, New Mexico announced new rules that propose slashing the massive volumes of methane which the oil and gas industry is releasing into the atmosphere. Tags: New Mexico methane regulations Hilcorp Jeffrey Hildebrand
Methane Leaking from Dozens of Oil and Gas Sites in Romania, Adding to a European-wide Problem
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 25, 2021
The powerful climate pollutant methane is leaking out of dozens of oil and gas wells, pipelines, and storage tanks in Romania, adding to a growing body of evidence that methane leaks are widespread and pervasive in Europe. He visited 26 oil wells, 25 of which were leaking methane.
The sky-high value of cutting methane emissions is attracting policymakers – and investors
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
But it is another compound, The post The sky-high value of cutting methane emissions is attracting policymakers – and investors appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Sept. 23 – Carbon dioxide has gotten most of the attention in the fight against climate change.
Access to capital shrinks if oil and companies ignore methane, says Quantum private equity
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
EDF recently hosted a virtual summit for private equity firms Quantum Energy Partners and EIG Global Energy Partners to engage their portfolio companies, which include more than 50 producer and midstream companies on the business importance of methane mitigation.
Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research. Three different methods were used to estimate the methane release rate.
Digital methane management: an industry perspective
EDF + Business
JANUARY 27, 2020
US $30 billion worth of methane released into the atmosphere each year. This survey aims to identify the role digital technologies can play in managing methane emissions. What are the top drivers for methane management for your organization? %
The New Era of Data Driven Methane Management: Q&A with BPX Chief Innovation Officer
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Virtually eliminating methane emissions is a critical complement to CO2 reductions and essential to bending the curve of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector by 2030. Environmental Defense Fund and BP are pursuing a three-year collaboration to advance technologies and practices to reduce methane emissions from the global oil and gas supply chain. Q: Why is reaching near zero methane emissions an important issue for BP and its U.S. By Isabel Mogstad.
'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.
Hitting the mark: improving the credibility of industry methane data
EDF + Business
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
Methane emissions challenge the global oil and gas industry and the role and reputation of natural gas in a decarbonizing world. Credibly demonstrating near zero methane emissions is both an imperative and a competitive differentiator for companies in the early phases of the energy transition.
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. The methane impact of organic waste vs fossil fuel emissions.
Cleaning Up Methane Pollution From Permian Super Emitters is ‘Low Hanging Fruit’ for the Climate, Study Finds
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 4, 2021
Only a handful of super emitters are responsible for an enormous amount of the methane pollution in the Permian basin, according to a new study. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas — more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year time-frame.
Rapidly Reducing Methane Emissions to Halt Climate Change
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
As concern about the climate crisis increases, we regularly hear about the urgency of reducing… The post Rapidly Reducing Methane Emissions to Halt Climate Change appeared first on Earth911. The rest is here: Rapidly Reducing Methane Emissions to Halt Climate Change.
'Dodged scrutiny for years': Coal mine methane poses major climate threat, study claims
Business Green
MARCH 18, 2021
The climate impact of methane emissions from hundreds of new coal mines currently planned worldwide could strike a major blow to efforts to avoid catastrophic levels of global warming, according to the startling results of a first-of-its-kind study released today.
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