Mixed momentum on methane mitigation
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
It’s been a year since the Global Methane Pledge promised action to reduce emissions by 30 percent between 2020 and 2030, but few countries have formally introduced policies.
Top 10 transportation trends to watch for in 2020
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Methane biodigesters. City greenzones. Connected schoolbuses. There's a lot in store for the next year in mobility.
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Travel emissions drop added to lockdown methane surge, says new research
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Sharp falls in transport emissions during Covid-19 lockdowns partly explain why a key greenhouse gas hit record high levels in 2020, research suggests. Reduced transport emissions led to lower levels of hydroxyl radicals – which could be said to act like a detergent to remove methane from the atmosphere, researchers say. ppb in 2019.
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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too
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.
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Atmospheric methane increase during Covid due primarily to wetland flooding
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
A new analysis of satellite data appears to find that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a slight decrease in atmospheric hydroxide (OH). Atmospheric methane emissions are given by their mass in teragrams.
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Making light of the matter: Thoughts on measuring methane
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 9, 2023
Gas leak measurement is germane to the realisation of goals such as the Global Methane Pledge. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Doug Baer of instrumentation expert ABB offers some thoughts on the problem.
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Methane over Poland’s coal mines: Satellite analysis from ESA
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 24, 2022
According to the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, the top 10 largest methane emitting coal mines in Europe are in Poland. Collectively, these mines released around 282,300 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere in 2020.
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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. As you can see in the graph below, carbon dioxide is the primary problem, but methane has played a big role. It seeps from landfills.
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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Mon, 10/26/2020 - 00:05. Meanwhile, the OGCI today announced that its members collectively have reduced the cut their absolute upstream methane emissions by 22 percent since 2017, shrinking the methane intensity of members' upstream oil and gas to operations to 0.23 It surpasses its target to cut methane intensity to 0.25
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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.
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Google joins a mission to map global methane emissions from space
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. Landfills and livestock are also big sources of methane pollution. The timing really matters.
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How gas leak detection will help the world keep its methane reduction promise
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2022
The signing of the Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 marks a vital step in reducing the impact of industrial activities on the environment. Originally proposed by the US and EU in September 2021, the Global Methane Pledge will see countries acting to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
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VERGE Accelerate: Carbon Pitch Session
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Olya Irzak, CEO, Frost Methane Labs. This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE 20, October 26-30, 2020. Tue, 11/10/2020 - 10:14. Nicholas Eisenberger, Managing Partner, Pure Energy Partners. Learn more about the event here: [link]. . Watch our other must-see talks here: [link]. OUR LINKS Website: [link]. Twitter: [link].
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The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Fri, 09/04/2020 - 00:15. Landfills in the United States generate 15 percent of the country’s emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas with a potential warming impact 34 times that of carbon dioxide. The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills. How about this for a series of maddening statistics?
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Danone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and EDF
EDF + Business
JANUARY 16, 2023
The global dairy company Danone is taking a big step forward by pledging to work with its farmer suppliers to reduce methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 30% by 2030. . It aims to achieve significant methane cuts while feeding a growing population and protecting the livelihoods of farmers around the world.
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A tech-backed mission to monitor methane pollution launches today
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. The group has documented massive amounts of leaking methane already.
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Get ready for the next wave of GMOs
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 2, 2020
Fri, 10/02/2020 - 02:00. Lower greenhouse gas emissions from cattle, after CRISPR is used to alter the genetic activity of the methane-producing microbes that live in the animals’ stomachs. Reductions to the hundreds of millions of tons of methane emitted annually from rice production, thanks to new gene-edited rice strains.
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National Grid to trial decarbonisation device “turbo charging the UK’s access to hydrogen”
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
LOOP uses plasma technology to separate methane into its constituent atoms: carbon, locked into high-quality graphene, and hydrogen, which can either be used immediately or stored for future use. When run through the device, natural gas is replaced with a hydrogen-methane mix with no loss of energy potential.
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Agriculture: The blind spot in the COP26 methane deal
Business Green
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Reducing methane is in the hands of a small number of large multinational corporations, which have the resources to act, writes Changing Markets Foundation's Nusa Urbancic. Methane has typically been ignored in climate policy. It also ignores the huge potential of methane emission reductions in the agricultural sector.
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‘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. More than 60 percent of the sites analyzed by researchers using state-of-the-art technology were releasing large volumes of methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – into the atmosphere.
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Oil and gas giants pledge to work towards 'near zero' methane emissions by 2030
Business Green
MARCH 9, 2022
Fossil fuel companies confirm plan to review collective methane targets for 2025 and onwards in light of new goal. They have also pointed out that methane's relatively short atmospheric lifetime means action taken now would have a far more rapid impact than action on carbon.
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Why corporate partners are essential for Third Derivative, a new climate-tech support network
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Mon, 11/30/2020 - 03:00. parts per million in atmospheric CO2 concentration recorded in May 2020 — more than two-thirds are led by founders who are women, veterans or people of color, said Third Derivative co-founder and CEO Bryan Hassin. "We Frost Methane : An offsets market being created around methane flaring activities.
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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. Credit: ©2020 Justin Hamel. Reeves County, Texas.
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Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Wed, 11/11/2020 - 00:30. One interesting application is adding certain seaweeds to feed for ruminant farm animals, which significantly could reduce their methane emissions. Methane has especially high climate warming potential, and methane emissions from ruminants contribute roughly 120 MtCO1e per year in the United States.
Water industry event discusses opportunity for hydrogen
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 28, 2021
Hazer Group produces fuel-cell grade hydrogen from methane, with high-quality graphite as a by-product rather than CO2. The first was from Hazer Group, an Australian company which produces fuel-cell grade hydrogen and high-quality graphite from methane, with low CO2emissions. To register > megan.ford@Isleutilities.com.
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Pipe upgrade project set to slash methane footprint of Britain's gas network
Business Green
AUGUST 4, 2020
The current iron pipes carry methane-based natural gas. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with global warming potential that is 21 times greater than that of CO2. We need to decarbonise the gas that we use.
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2020: The Year of Green Hydrogen in 10 Stories
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 29, 2020
Among other things, that shall remain nameless, 2020 has been notable for the rush of activity in the green hydrogen space. Green hydrogen could replace methane to generate heat or power. As 2020 unfurled and then unraveled, climate change ambition ramped up. It could even be used as a fuel in heavy transport.
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Missing Methane: The decarbonization risks and opportunities of financed methane emissions
EDF + Business
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Missing Methane: The decarbonization risks and opportunities of financed methane emissions Financed emissions reporting by the six biggest US banks doesn’t show if they’re improving. Focusing on methane can yield results. Focusing on methane is part of the answer.
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The Livestock Industry’s “Climate Neutral” Claims Are Too Good To Be True
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute. That’s why some experts have proposed an alternative approach called GWP* for talking about methane.
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Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand?
GreenBiz
JULY 15, 2020
Wed, 07/15/2020 - 01:00. A 2020 Hydrogen Council report states that renewable hydrogen produced via electrolysis is about $6/kg hydrogen; although costs have been declining, and it projects they will continue to drop. . Could trash-to-energy technology feed hydrogen demand? Arlene Karidis.
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Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record-hot streak
Grist
JANUARY 28, 2025
And what’s turning the tap more open, making the warming pick up speed, is an increase in greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane which are both still rising, largely from the fossil fuel industry, he said. There are other factors turning up the heat. The El Nio pattern that began in 2023 added around 0.1
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How India’s Renewable Energy Sector Survived and Thrived in a Turbulent 2020
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 6, 2021
Looking back, however, 2020 proved to be a decisive year for clean energy in India. But while the renewable energy industry endured a turbulent 2020, coal remains the dominant player in India’s electricity mix. During the 2019/2020 fiscal year, the average coal-fired power plant ran just 55.5 Businesses closed.
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Study: Cumbrian coal mine could threaten UK methane emissions targets
Business Green
MARCH 10, 2023
The report claims West Cumbria Mining's estimates that the project could produce three to seven tonnes of methane emissions per tonne of coal produced is likely to be a significant underestimate. Failure to do so would be incompatible with the Methane Pledge."
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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Thu, 11/19/2020 - 01:30. Hydrogen derived from methane — usually from natural gas, but also coal and biomass — was pioneered in World War II by Germany, which has no petroleum deposits. Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? Jim Robbins. This article originally was published on Yale Environment 360.
Ships switching to LNG still leading to 'dangerous' methane emissions, report warns
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.
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Report: Lab-grown meat investment tops $350m worldwide in 2020
Business Green
MAY 12, 2021
Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). The surge in interest includes at least 20 new cultivated meat ventures, it said.
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Beyond CO2: Scientists call beefed up strategy to tackle methane emissions
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.
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Evidence Shows Oil Industry Flaring in Texas Being Done Without Permits
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 29, 2021
Read time: 7 mins In 2019 and 2020, the Environmental Defense Fund ( EDF ) conducted three helicopter surveys over the oil fields of West Texas. Flying over flare stacks at more than three hundred oil and gas drilling sites, EDF staff used infrared cameras to document unlit flares whose methane pollution is invisible to the naked eye.
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'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.
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World’s Biggest Meatpacker JBS Wants Public Money to Fight Climate Change
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Scientists say livestock contribute 28 percent of Brazil’s total – as cattle herds emit methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, and forests are cleared for ranching. This regulation prohibits the import of agricultural products originating from areas deforested after December 31, 2020. According to the report, emissions increased by 2.2
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In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech
GreenBiz
MARCH 1, 2021
Historically, greenhouse gas emissions rose from about 27 Gigatons-CO2equivalent/year in 1970 to about 50 Gt-CO2e/yr in 2020. Let me illustrate how this might work with a simplified version of the Carbon Law. According to the Carbon Law, we need to stop this rise and hit peak emissions as soon as possible (Figure 1).
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Could surging gas prices help solve the methane leak crisis?
Business Green
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
New IEA analysis reveals methane emissions from the energy sector are 70 per cent higher than official reports, but could high gas prices finally prompt operators to tackle the problem. It is one of the biggest and most worrying mysteries in the field of climate science: where are all the methane emissions coming from?
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Bristol's buses aims to beat emissions with new bio-methane filling station
Business Green
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
The new facility is the second bio-methane filling station to be opened by operator First West of England in the space of a year. Bristol will take a significant step towards tackling its transport emissions next weekend when bus operator First West of England opens a new bio-methane gas filling station at its Lawrence Hill depot.
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Robust, reliable data is key to unlocking global methane reductions
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
By Dan Grossman Photo from “Romanian Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas” project, part of “Methane Goes Mobile – Measurements and Modeling (MEMO2)” campaign sponsored by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program- to assess context and quantity of Romania’s methane emissions Amidst all (..)
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