Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In December 2022 the research vessel Polarstern explored methane sources in the South Atlantic using an underwater mass spectrometer. Enormous amounts of methane are trapped in the ocean floor worldwide. Methane is a harmful greenhouse gas. The higher the data density, the more accurate the mapping of methane sources.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2022

Scientists say governments aren't factoring in the big short-term impact of rising methane emissions in meeting mid-century climate targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

An open-access Methane Map will be launched at COP28 in a bid to accelerate abatement of this greenhouse gas, considered second only to CO2 as a cause of global warming. Environmental intelligence company Kayrros will launch the live map, which draws insights from its flagship Methane Watch product. Doing so would have a huge impact.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

More than half of the 50 per cent jump in methane’s growth rate between 2019 and 2020 was the result of reduced emissions from road transport, railways and planes during lockdowns, the study found. Until now, the causes of the 2020 surge in methane – second only to carbon dioxide as a driver of climate change – had been unclear.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Reducing agricultural methane emissions is critical to meeting global climate targets. This is especially true for many food and agriculture companies who sell meat and dairy, as over one-third of U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In what seems to be a first, a UK methane leak has been spotted from space, and mitigated. Methane leaking from a faulty pipe in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was picked up by satellites orbiting 500km overhead in April 2023. The source, near Cheltenham, was releasing methane at a rate of over 200 kg/hr.

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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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Renew Economy

AUGUST 11, 2024

Just over a month ago, the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland exploded, causing a massive methane plume and doing more damage in an hour that 10,000 tree saplings could offset in 10 years. The post Huge methane plume from Queensland coal mine explosion underlines case for rapid closure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Canary Media

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A few relatively simple policy fixes could cut the amount of planet-warming methane released by U.S. landfills in half in the next 25 years, according to research published on Tuesday. The report, “ Turning Down the Heat ” by the nonprofit think tank Industrious Labs , estimated the emissions reductions that would…

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EDF + Business

JULY 18, 2024

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Missing Methane: A European perspective European banks face significant risk from oil and gas methane emissions in their portfolios. Overall, banks lack detailed methane disclosures and targets. Support clients in measuring and mitigating methane emissions.

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GreenBiz

MAY 18, 2022

Methane is a greenhouse gas that isn't talked about enough but needs to be addressed

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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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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 23, 2020

For the first time, scientists have confirmed that methane leaking is from Antarctica's sea bed. They say the methane is likely escaping into the atmosphere.

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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.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Ten major oil companies will now be required to disclose more methane emissions data from the Permian Basin. The House Science Committee decided that the companies must do more to track and decrease the amount of methane contaminating this part of Texas and New Mexico.

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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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Renew Economy

APRIL 29, 2024

Australia's coal mine methane emissions are being vastly underreported and are damaging the nation's credibility on climate change, economist Professor Rod Sims has warned. The post “Simply astounding:” Australian coal mine methane emissions may be twice offical data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2022

Researchers have found and tested a catalyst that could convert methane gas into valuable compounds. A study in Nature Catalysis says the catalyst will be able not only to convert methane but also develop industrially vital compounds. These findings provide an option for combatting methane's harmful greenhouse effects.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 25, 2024

Today marks a historic day for how Australia measures the methane emissions spewing out of its biggest coal and gas mines. The post Australia wakes up to the methane fire alarm, but its response is too slow appeared first on RenewEconomy. But the government response is too slow.

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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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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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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Federal government urged to act "immediately" as major report finds Australia well behind international best practice on measurement and reporting of methane emissions. The post Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Livestock Methane A primer for investors As companies adopt new tools to cut livestock methane emissions, there’s an opportunity for investors to lean in. Download Primer Introduction For meat and dairy products sold in the US, a large portion of lifecycle GHG emissions come from methane.

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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.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Superpower Institute’s Open Methane tool used satellites and ground-based verification to identify 20 “sites of concern” – all involving coal and gas operations – that are releasing “around double” the amount of methane reported. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Coal Mine Methane An overview for investors Coal production is a major source of methane emissions – and investors in coal and downstream sectors like steel have a role to play in cleaning it up. Download Slide Deck Report summary Coal mining emits methane, a major climate pollutant.

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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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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 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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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.

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EDF + Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

By Josh Torres and Andrew Howell, CFA Animal agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of methane emissions – a major driver of global warming. Reducing methane across the highly varied global livestock industry is not easy, but there are new tools that are starting to show success. A recent milestone was the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The GF77 from FLIR Systems is said to be an affordable, handheld methane detection camera allowing inspection professionals to actually see invisible methane leaks and other industrial gases at natural gas power plants, renewable energy production facilities, and other locations.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 15, 2024

The post Climate group creates satellite to track methane “super emitters” from space appeared first on RenewEconomy. Major sources of an environmentally damaging gas will be scrutinised from above when a group of climate experts launches a satellite with SpaceX.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 19, 2024

Coffin Butte, a rapidly growing landfill in Oregon that is leaking explosive levels of methane, has caught the attention of state and federal officials. On August 8, Oregon’s U.S. senators, Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and one of its U.S. House members, Val Hoyle, wrote a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection…

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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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