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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

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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Nitrous oxide levels are on the rise

Envirotec Magazine

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and one of the main stratospheric ozone depleting substances on the planet. Widely known as “laughing gas”, used for its anesthetic effects, nitrous oxide (N2O) is also regarded as the third most important long-lived greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane.

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Secrets of a long partnership in gas detection (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

These facilities can present a variety of potential hazards to human health. The company’s products are employed in commercial, institutional, municipal and light industrial markets, and in a wide variety of applications. New market example: cannabis cultivation.

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How To Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

Green Business Bureau

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. At present, calculating a carbon footprint is completely voluntary, but has gained traction due to increasing stakeholder interest. Your carbon footprint can then be managed once understood.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

The International Geoshpere-Biosphere Programme and Stockholm Resilience Center published a dashboard of 24 indicators that each depict a synchronous acceleration of upward trends from the 1950s to present day. If this permafrost thaws, it will release CO2 and methane which can even further accelerate global warming.

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Pop goes the diesel?

Envirotec Magazine

One of the major obstacles to using hydrogen vehicles is the scarcity of fuelling stations – at present there are only around 60 in the whole of the US, for example, all located in California, with the number expected to swell to a more 100 by mid-2023.

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'Methane matters': New action plan offers quick and cost-effective routes to cutting global emissions

Business Green

Coalition of campaign groups present wide-ranging plan to help countries meet and exceed the cuts the promised to make through the Global Methane Pledge. More than 110 countries have since signed the Global Methane Pledge, promising to reduce worldwide emissions of methane by 30 per cent by 2030, relative to 2020 levels.

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