Rule Will Cut Methane Pollution from Federal Lands Drilling
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management published a final methane waste rule that will compliment EPA’s efforts to target a major contributor to climate change.
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NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management published a final methane waste rule that will compliment EPA’s efforts to target a major contributor to climate change.
The Verge: Energy
MARCH 4, 2024
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. After all, so-called natural gas is mostly just methane. MethaneSAT is scheduled to launch on March 4th.
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 8, 2023
Study using specialised camera footage finds methane leaking or being deliberately vented from gas infrastructure across the country. The post Methane pollution “pouring out” of Australian gas infrastructure, study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Australia already produces five times as much methane as our population should warrant – but what if some of the biggest emitters are fudging their numbers? The post Australia’s methane pollution problem is outsized – and probably underestimated appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 3, 2021
Among the top 10 emitters of methane, five are smaller firms. Their environmental footprint is now larger than their production.
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A rendering of MethaneSat | Image courtesy of Google Google announced a partnership with the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today to map methane pollution and oil and gas infrastructure from space. Meanwhile, Google is using AI to map oil and gas infrastructure to create a global map of pollution sources.
EDF Voices
JANUARY 10, 2022
The urgency of tackling methane is finally being recognized at the highest levels — and new satellite-based tools are coming to make that possible. Here’s how we got to this Methane Moment.
GreenBiz
JUNE 30, 2022
Kellogg is working with rice farmers to introduce a new sustainable flooding method that would substantially decrease emissions but also protect bird habitat.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
China has joined the growing list of countries committing to methane action plans, leaving Australia well behind in the global race to tackle these super-polluting emissions. The post Australia at back of the pack on methane as China announces action plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Flying 10,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, in a plane outfitted with infrared imaging equipment, researchers could see methane gas bubbling under water, likely from an undetected pipeline leak. Still, researchers emphasize that the high rate of methane leakage underscores the major climate impact that reducing those leaks could have.
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.
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The EPA’s new rules to reduce methane emissions from the nation’s oil and gas industry could be a climate game changer. That’s because methane – the main component of natural gas – has more than 80 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide in the short term and is responsible for more than 25% of the warming we’re experiencing today.
Renew Economy
JULY 4, 2023
Methane emissions from Australia's fossil fuel industry are nearly twice as bad as reported, and polluters will have to double their planned emission cuts to make up for it. The post Australia’s fossil fuel methane emissions are nearly twice as bad as industry reports appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
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. The new sensor uses an interband cascade light emitting device (ICLED).
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
The fight to reduce the powerful super pollutant is already underway, with the focus on agriculture, landfill management and industrial emissions.
Renew Economy
MARCH 28, 2023
Australia has been left in the dark about the scale of the methane pollution from its energy sector, and Safeguard reforms do little to pull back the curtains. The post Safeguard mechanism still leaves Australia with a big methane problem appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Transition
DECEMBER 28, 2023
During COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the US Environmental Protection Agency announced plans that could reduce an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions over the next 15 years. More than 80 times more heat trapping than CO2 over a twenty year period, methane emissions continue to increase throughout the U.S.,
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.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Rules would require firms to report emissions, find and fix leaks, and limit wasteful venting and flaring The EU has struck a deal that will force the fossil fuel industry to rein in dangerous methane pollution. The measures include finding and fixing leaks, and limiting wasteful practices such as venting and flaring gas by 2027.
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Earlier this year when ExxonMobil announced its intention to reduce its methane emissions and gas-burning, many welcomed and celebrated the news. Despite these initial claims, the company's internal documents paint a different picture.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 14, 2019
Read time: 8 mins Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That pollution creates a greenhouse effect that is over 42 percent stronger than it was in 1990, the report added. Tags: Robert Howarth methane fracking venting flaring Permian Basin Bakken Shale and around the world. and around the world.
Grist
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Efforts like these took aim at pollutants like the group of chemicals known as aerosols, which include sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and other compounds that are harmful to human health. Some studies estimate that, without aerosol pollution, the world might have already warmed by another half a degree Celsius. Clean Air Act.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JULY 20, 2020
For many years, hydrogen production has proven costly to the environment, as industrial hydrogen production uses partial methane oxidation and fossil gasification. A recent publication in the journal Angewandte Chemie brings attention to an improved way of generating clean hydrogen.
Grist
MARCH 9, 2023
Wastewater treatment plants are typically overlooked when it comes to reducing greenhouse gasses, but new research from Princeton University reveals the plants emit twice as much methane as previously thought. filled with rich organic matter that may be causing methane emissions, but we have very little understanding of their scope,” said Z.
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. In short, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. . These home-grown satellites are a game-changer.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 12, 2021
In its application, submitted in partnership with the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), WBA highlighted the importance of tackling short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), in particular methane and black carbon, to achieve the Paris Agreement targets “to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5°C,
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 14, 2021
Adopting best management practices for environmental improvements, Butler Farms chose to cover its pig waste lagoon in 2008 so that as well as significantly reducing odours, methane could be safely flared off. Three years later it began to use that methane to run a biogas engine. It’s a never-ending learning process”, says Tom.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
This is a major draw, as it helps businesses meet strict government carbon and pollutant reduction targets.”. 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.
EDF + Business
MARCH 23, 2023
By Fiona Liao Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry have leapt to the top of the global climate agenda. But one stubborn challenge has persisted for operators, regulators, and investors alike: quantifying how much methane is emitted from where. They often face limitations in the accuracy and reliability of available data.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2021
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.
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 21, 2024
Risks of Neglecting Flue Gas Cleaning System Air Pollution One of the main reasons flue gas cleaning systems are necessary is that flue gas can quickly become an extreme pollutant when combined with other environmental elements. Even in themselves, flue gas impurities cause air pollution.
EDF + Business
MARCH 3, 2023
By Sean Hackett Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager Energy Transition EPA’s recent comment period for proposed regulations to address methane emissions from the U.S. A throughline from investor and company comments is that cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector reduces risk and enhances the competitiveness of US producers.
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.
Energy Central
JANUARY 13, 2023
By EDF BlogsBy Jon Goldstein , Edwin LaMair, and Grace Smith This week, EPA is holding public hearings on its recently proposed methane standards for oil and gas operations, which build on the agency’s initial proposal and represent a significant step forward for reducing methane pollution across the country.
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. An extremely potent greenhouse gas, methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide in the short term.
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 report calculatres that switching to LNG could deliver carbon emissions savings, but these could be partially offset by increased methane emissions.
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.
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 27, 2022
Natural gas stoves release methane – a potent greenhouse gas – and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. Stanford researchers estimate that methane leaking from stoves inside U.S. BY ROB JORDAN Stanford Woods […].
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. by 2035 and 2C by 2050.
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. James Turitto filming methane leaks.
Business Green
JANUARY 3, 2021
Brussels is gearing up to use its satellites to spot and track global methane emission hotspots, writes Andrew Warren. The bloc's open-source Copernicus earth observation program is increasingly allowing regulators, data analysts and campaigners to track, uncover and police polluters from the skies - whether they like it or not.
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. million tonnes of methane each year.
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