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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group

Envirotec Magazine

tonnes of methane gas to atmosphere that was detected at a nearby monitoring station installed by researchers from The University of Manchester. Elevated methane (CH4) concentrations in the air were measured at an atmospheric monitoring station near the Preston New Road (PNR) shale gas site over a one-week period in January 2019.

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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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Exclusive: Norway’s Equinor Forced to Withdraw Key Carbon Capture Claim

DeSmogBlog

Norway, not an EU member, is home to almost all of Europes operational carbon capture capacity, which is comprised of Sleipner and a similar project also operated by Equinor at its Snhvit gas field in the Barents Sea. Credit: Sabrina Bedford. million tonnes of CO2 at the site. In August, chief executive Anders Opedal announced up to $6.7

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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960

Grist

The planet lost more than 1 billion acres of forest between 1960 and 2019, according to a new study published this week in the journal Environmental Research Letters. If deforestation continues, they say, it could also jeopardize international goals to preserve biodiversity and limit global warming. “[T]he degrees Fahrenheit).

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Britons put planet before profit in their personal savings and expect more action from pension funds and banks, says survey

Envirotec Magazine

Four years after the world’s governments signed the Paris Agreement, thousands of people are taking to the streets in school strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests calling for greater action to meet its target of keeping global warming as close to 1.5 degrees as possible. However, government support could generate much more action.

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Global warming could push air conditioning demand up 59%

AGreenLiving

and other parts of the world because of global warming. Regions that were traditionally colder are warming up, and those that are warm are getting hotter. These changes are forcing more people to use air conditioners to regulate home temperatures. Related: Global warming expected to exceed 1.5

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Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters

Planet Pulse

Our mission is to help fill gaps in the emerging global ecosystem of methane and CO 2 monitoring systems by delivering data that’s timely, actionable and accessible for science-based decision making.” These home-grown satellites are a game-changer. In short, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. .

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