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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action.

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Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Carbon Mapper’s preliminary estimate of the emission rate is 1,200 kg CH4 /h.

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Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The poor things cant help it, but cows are really gassy, and thats really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide which comes out as burps. Consequently, livestock is responsible for 30 percent of humanitys methane emissions.

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Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential. Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. Katie Lebling. Wed, 11/11/2020 - 00:30.

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Carbon capture will play an important role in reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions, but there's no reason it needs to be limited to stationary applications," said Michael Traver, head of OGCI's transport workstream. Michael Holder.

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Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. If the results from those 63 plants are representative, actual methane emissions from wastewater treatment facilities across the U.S.

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Travel emissions drop added to lockdown methane surge, says new research

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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. Until now, the causes of the 2020 surge in methane – second only to carbon dioxide as a driver of climate change – had been unclear. ppb in 2019. ppb increase.

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An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. . Instead, carbon project developers that act as the intermediaries between the two making everything happen. . Wilder Person.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. is California’s aggressive push toward a carbon-neutral future. Jim Robbins.

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Bill Gates Backs Game-Changing Hydrogen Tech to Combat Carbon Footprints

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Modern Hydrogen Secures $25 Million to Propel Clean Energy Efforts Woodinville-based cleantech startup Modern Hydrogen has raised $25 million in its latest funding round, further advancing its mission to revolutionize hydrogen production and reduce carbon emissions.

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Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This story is the sixth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Equinor, the North Sea’s largest fossil fuel producer, is positioning itself to play a key role in plans to turn Britain into a world leader in capturing carbon.

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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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Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Duke Energy has upped its net-zero carbon by 2050 goals, pledging to eliminate methane emissions from its natural gas business by 2030 through a combination of better pipeline leak detection, more efficient operations, and investing in renewable natural gas to reduce the carbon intensity of its supplies.

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Doosan Fuel Cell Revolutionizes Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Technology

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 28, 2025

Introduction to Doosan’s Carbon Capture Innovation Imagine a future where producing clean hydrogen doesnt come with a side of carbon emissions. Doosan Fuel Cell is making that a reality with their groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell carbon capture technology. Its not just a step towards eco-friendly power plants; its a leap.

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Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity from renewable sources.

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Manure to Hydrogen? These Companies Are Turning Waste Into Energy Gold

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 15, 2025

Why Manure-to-Hydrogen Conversion Matters Cow manure emits large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that has a significant impact on climate change. First, it lowers methane emissions by capturing the gas during processing. Methane pyrolysis is an energy-intensive process but has notable benefits.

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VERGE Accelerate: Carbon Pitch Session

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

VERGE Accelerate: Carbon Pitch Session. Today’s session highlights five entrepreneurs building solutions related to carbon removal. Brandon Marques, VP of Strategy & Finance, Carbon Direct. Olya Irzak, CEO, Frost Methane Labs. Elba Horta, Business Development Manager, Puro.earth. Max Nova, Founder, SilviaTerra.

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Across the boreal forest, scientists are tracking warming’s tragic toll

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Thawing permafrost, drowned trees, methane releases and increased wildfires, are slowly transforming Northern Forests from carbon sinks to carbon emitters.

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Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now

Grist

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Although scientists know how much carbon dioxide is emitted to make these products (a new iPhone is akin to driving more than 200 miles ), theres little research into how much gets stashed away in them. billion tons of fossil carbon in human-made objects that were in use for at least a year between 1995 and 2019.

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Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on par With Denmark

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This story is the fourth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with Le Monde. Another 15 envisage retrofitting existing hydrogen plants with carbon capture, while the status of four remained undetermined. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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New catalyst unveils the hidden power of water for green hydrogen generation

TechXplore

JUNE 20, 2024

Unlike conventional fuels, hydrogen utilization as a fuel does not generate carbon dioxide in return. Unfortunately, today, most of the hydrogen that is produced in our society comes from methane, a fossil fuel. It does so in a process (methane reforming) that leads to substantial carbon dioxide emissions.

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Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors

The Guardian: Energy

MAY 1, 2024

Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed.

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General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide

TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 22, 2024

The stealthy new startup hopes a fully integrated approach, from direct air capture to electrolysis and methane generation, will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Is the EPA about to get serious about methane pollution from landfills?

Canary Media

JULY 10, 2024

Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions both in the U.S. These emissions heat the atmosphere at about 80 times the rate of carbon dioxide over 20 years, but the methane that rises from the decomposing food and organic waste that ends up in landfills has thus far received much less… and globally.

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Measurements show huge methane peaks in the atmosphere after the Nord Stream leaks

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The methane leak resulting from the damage to the Nord Stream gas lines in the Baltic Sea is estimated to be equal to the size of a whole year’s methane emissions of a country like Denmark or a city the size of Paris. Several ICOS stations in the Nordics observed huge methane peaks after the Nord Stream pipes were damaged.

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Now more than ever: The business case for strong methane regulations

EDF + Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the evolving global energy economy, methane emissions have become a critical variable in the oil and gas industrys long-term performance. Yet despite this momentum, oil and gas methane emissions remain unacceptably high. Its so powerful that we will not hit global climate goals without tackling methane.

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US landfills emit far more methane than previously known

Grist

MARCH 28, 2024

Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes unnoticed, warming the planet and harming our health: methane. The researchers found these super-emitting points can persist for months or even years, and account for almost 90 percent of all measured methane from the landfills. times, and sometimes as much as 2.7

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Colorado launches first-of-a-kind landfill methane monitoring program

Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Landfills are the third-largest source of methane, a super-pollutant greenhouse gas that traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. While the EPA places caps on methane and other emissions from landfills, experts say that monitoring and enforcement is largely on an honor system. An analysis…

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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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Clean Hydrogen Gets a Boost with Hazer Group’s $6.2M Grant

Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

million in funding from the Western Australian Governments Lower Carbon Grants Program. The Science Behind Hazers Carbon-Free Hydrogen Production At the heart of Hazer Group’s success is its innovative hydrogen and graphite production process, known as the Hazer Process. Importance of the Grant The $6.2

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Gradually then suddenly: will the low carbon transition happen sooner than we expect?

Terra Infirma

APRIL 7, 2025

But if we hit a number of tipping points, eg releasing bubbles of methane trapped in melting permafrost, things could go south very quickly indeed. The same has, will and could happen with low carbon technologies as adoption leads to improved quality and falling prices, leading to those technologies starting to dominate.

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In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech

GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

A useful way to think about the effort and timescales required is to consider the " Carbon Law ," which was coined by my friend Johan Rockström. So, what does the Carbon Law say? To keep within the remaining carbon budget for 2 degrees C, we have to cut our emissions drastically, reaching net-zero emissions as soon as possible.

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Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies

EDF + Business

APRIL 25, 2024

By Josh Torres and Andrew Howell, CFA Starbucks and Clover Sonoma said this week they would track and disclose methane emissions within their dairy supply chains, joining the Dairy Methane Action Alliance in the latest sign of accelerating action on food sector methane emissions.

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined. Yet while those transport sectors are advancing towards low-carbon solutions — with promising technologies cultivated by multilateral accords — industrial heat lacks any consensus plan and has a long to-do list to develop low-carbon alternatives. .

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Graphene goes mainstream, says Levidian, with launch of second generation technology

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At the heart of LOOP is a patented ‘nozzle’ where microwave energy is applied to crack methane into its component parts, creating clean hydrogen and capturing carbon in the form of high purity graphene. This unlocks decarbonisation projects that might not otherwise happen due to cost.

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UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.

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Selective adsorption

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The crystal structure of the K-GIS zeolite adsorbent: The size of cavities in the crystal is slightly larger than the CO2 molecule, permitting CO2 to enter the crystal and be adsorbed while larger molecules such as methane are excluded. Biogas from sewage sludge, garbage, and similar sources consists of approximately 60% methane and 40% CO2.

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Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

APRIL 30, 2024

Researchers have developed a chemical process using plasma that could create sustainable jet fuel from methane gas emitted from landfills, potentially creating a low-carbon aviation industry.

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This automated tool helps tackle methane emissions from landfills

Canary Media

OCTOBER 24, 2024

When Melinda Sims first started LoCI Controls , a company that provides landfills with real-time data on methane collection, she wasn’t trying to address climate change. It was 2012, and methane — a super-pollutant that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide over a 20-year time period — wasn’t yet a part of…

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Landfills leak methane at alarming rates, new research shows

Canary Media

MAY 24, 2024

Any climate action plan that aims to quickly turn the tide of global warming has to tackle methane, which traps orders of magnitude more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide in the first years after it’s emitted. This story was originally published by Grist. For this reason, the U.S. Environmental…

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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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Chart: Methane emissions are a problem. Where do they come from?

Canary Media

MARCH 22, 2024

Combating climate change is so often synonymous with reducing carbon dioxide emissions that you might forget all about the other gas that’s baking the planet: methane, a short-lived but extremely potent… Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.

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How Pooler Could Lead Georgia in Hydrogen Fueling with New Station Proposal

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2025

With renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, this method can produce clean hydrogen without carbon emissions. Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) Methane, often from natural gas, is heated with steam to release hydrogen. coal or oil reserves), hydrogen can be produced almost anywhereusing water, methane, or biomass.

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Green washed: LNG emits 33% more carbon that coal, new report finds

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A new study from one of the world's leading methane scientists finds that over its life cycle LNG emits a third more CO2 than coal. The post Green washed: LNG emits 33% more carbon that coal, new report finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite

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Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Leveraging the ocean's carbon removal potential

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought

Travel emissions drop added to lockdown methane surge, says new research

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market

Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

Bill Gates Backs Game-Changing Hydrogen Tech to Combat Carbon Footprints

Norwegian Oil Giant’s Plan to Capture UK’s Carbon Is Fraught With Risks

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

Duke Energy Pledges to Eliminate Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Business by 2030

Doosan Fuel Cell Revolutionizes Hydrogen with Carbon Capture Technology

Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel

Manure to Hydrogen? These Companies Are Turning Waste Into Energy Gold

VERGE Accelerate: Carbon Pitch Session

Across the boreal forest, scientists are tracking warming’s tragic toll

Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now

Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on par With Denmark

New catalyst unveils the hidden power of water for green hydrogen generation

Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors

General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide

Is the EPA about to get serious about methane pollution from landfills?

Measurements show huge methane peaks in the atmosphere after the Nord Stream leaks

Now more than ever: The business case for strong methane regulations

US landfills emit far more methane than previously known

Colorado launches first-of-a-kind landfill methane monitoring program

Methane over Poland’s coal mines: Satellite analysis from ESA

Clean Hydrogen Gets a Boost with Hazer Group’s $6.2M Grant

Gradually then suddenly: will the low carbon transition happen sooner than we expect?

In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech

Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies

This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

Graphene goes mainstream, says Levidian, with launch of second generation technology

UK soils could see step change in carbon sink potential, with proper investment

Selective adsorption

Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

This automated tool helps tackle methane emissions from landfills

Landfills leak methane at alarming rates, new research shows

Google joins a mission to map global methane emissions from space

Chart: Methane emissions are a problem. Where do they come from?

How Pooler Could Lead Georgia in Hydrogen Fueling with New Station Proposal

Green washed: LNG emits 33% more carbon that coal, new report finds

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