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.
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. During a single overpass on Oct. During a single overpass on Oct.
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Travel emissions drop added to lockdown methane surge, says new research
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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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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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Doing so offers countries that signed the Global Methane Pledge (158 countries, COP26 – European Union and the United States), and those who signed UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action (160+ countries, COP28) the opportunity to strengthen their climate commitments.
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Insurance giant Allianz sets oil and gas exit strategy
GreenBiz
MAY 10, 2022
The policy also sunsets insurance on Arctic and Antarctic exploration, coalbed methane, extra-heavy oil and tar sand projects.
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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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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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National oil companies and the global methane opportunity
EDF + Business
JANUARY 7, 2025
But theres at least one thing oil exporters and climate advocates can agree on the need to slash methane emissions. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, responsible for about a third of the global warming we are experiencing today. Read the full op-ed in Global Policy Journal NOCs emit more than half of it.
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Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are some easy solutions.
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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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research. Three different methods were used to estimate the methane release rate. km deep shale gas well. km deep shale gas well.
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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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The EO Industry in 2025: Emerging Technologies and Shifting Policies Usher in a New Era for Space Innovation
Planet Pulse
DECEMBER 17, 2024
This year, we found researchers and governments are increasingly hungry for low-touch, highly-impactful data to track carbon, methane, deforestation and more to protect the planet and keep communities safe. (Planet Labs PBC) Access to timely data is critical to understanding and adapting to how our planet changes.
Meat and Dairy Industry ‘Weakening’ Climate Policy in the EU: Report
DeSmogBlog
MAY 29, 2024
Intense lobbying from the meat and dairy industry since 2020 has helped weaken and stall crucial climate policies in the European Union, according to a new report from InfluenceMap.
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Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters
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.
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Leading oil and gas companies and investors rally around EPA’s new methane rules and set the stakes for robust implementation
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.
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Coal: A crucial methane opportunity
EDF + Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
By Leanna Tang and Andrew Howell, CFA Methane emissions have recently come into focus as a major contributor to global warming. Significant advances in methane measurement and abatement could serve as useful tools as we turn our sights to the second largest source of methane from the energy sector: coal.
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“It’s all about the methane”: World Biogas Summit takes place online in early July
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 29, 2021
The World Biogas Summit 2021 will focus on how, in the build up to COP26, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Ahead of his address, CCAC’s Drew Shindell said: “Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade.
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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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Election Watch – Will Dutton’s ‘methane election’ backfire?
Renew Economy
MARCH 30, 2025
Dutton has adopted a gas reservation policy and sweetened it with deregulation of gas extraction - but the gas industry isn't happy. The post Election Watch – Will Dutton’s ‘methane election’ backfire? Here's a guess at why. appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk
EDF + Business
MARCH 6, 2023
ESG By EDF: Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk Oil and gas companies must curb methane emissions to limit warming this decade, and address urgent risks. The last few years have seen notable improvements in the methane-related performance of some companies.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $25M to Accelerate Satellite Technologies That Pinpoint Methane Emitters to Turbocharge Fight Against Climate Change
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.
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Missing Methane: A European perspective
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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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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Bill Gates Backs Game-Changing Hydrogen Tech to Combat Carbon Footprints
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 16, 2024
CCP leverages thermal energy to break methane (CH) into its constituent moleculeshydrogen and carbon. By transforming methane through a clean, efficient process, the company showcases how decarbonization can coexist with the continued use of natural gas until renewable energy systems are fully established.
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Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated
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.
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National oil companies & global finance: Unlocking Opportunities to Reduce Methane Emissions
EDF + Business
MARCH 26, 2025
Actionable Insights for a Decarbonizing World National oil companies & global finance Unlocking opportunities to reduce methane emissions Reaching global methane goals requires national oil companies to slash methane emissions. Even with majority government shares, private investors can influence NOCs to address methane.
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$1T of Potential Losses in the Pipeline for Oil and Gas Financiers
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
According to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), more than 50 globally significant financial institutions have put in place an oil and gas exit policy. In fact, in 2020, during the middle of a global pandemic and its associated recession, these policies were announced once every month.
China makes ‘opening play’ on methane policy ahead of UN climate summit
Financial Times: Energy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The gas is responsible for an estimated one-third of the rise in global temperatures during the industrial era
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Biogas congress in Brazil promotes inter-country collaboration
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2024
This roadmap aims to align the interests of multiple stakeholders across relevant ministries, departments, agencies, institutions, and sectors, and develop a comprehensive policy and regulatory framework, support a capacity building programme, and model the supply chain requirements.
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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. At the event, Dr Jenifer Baxter, director for innovation and policy at Protium Green Solutions, gave a rundown of key insights into hydrogen for the water sector.
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Biden Administration Advances Hydrogen Tax Credits in Clean Energy Push
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 3, 2025
Meanwhile, natural gas facilities can access the incentives if they implement carbon capture and storage solutions and address methane leakage, using the yet-to-be-released GREET climate model. The promise of hydrogen is no longer just theoretical.
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The sky-high value of cutting methane emissions is attracting policymakers – and investors
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
But it is another compound, The post The sky-high value of cutting methane emissions is attracting policymakers – and investors appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Sept. 23 – Carbon dioxide has gotten most of the attention in the fight against climate change.
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From Food Scraps to Fuel Cells: The Science Behind Hyundai’s Waste-to-Hydrogen Tech
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 11, 2025
This process occurs in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of biogas, primarily composed of methane and carbon dioxide. This involves a chemical process where the methane reacts with steam under high temperatures to produce hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide.
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Strategies for the war on waste
GreenBiz
APRIL 16, 2021
It’s the work of some leading players in this area: ReFED, a nonprofit that works on food waste; WWF; Natural Resources Defense Council; and Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic. The current situation is insane: Organic waste is the single biggest input in landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane as it decomposes.
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Just 36 Companies Drove Half the World’s Climate-Altering Emissions in 2023: New Report
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 5, 2025
For the first time, instead of attributing the build-up of industrial carbon dioxide and methane emissions to each of the worlds nations, Heede managed to trace those emissions to 90 specific carbon major companies. InfluenceMap gave climate policy lobbying scores to the top 10 investor-owned companies, all oil, gas, and coal firms.
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EU methane satellites could help push companies to cut emissions
Business Green
JANUARY 3, 2021
Brussels is gearing up to use its satellites to spot and track global methane emission hotspots, writes Andrew Warren. Importers, consumers will want to know: 'Is my gas free of methane leaks?'". Beyond methane. Methane is only the beginning. Big Brother is watching you.' Greater transparency.
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‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
“With mobile vehicles, you can literally send them anywhere that they could drive to map out pollution, including sources that are off the road that previous monitoring missed,” said Lin, who also serves as associate director of the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy. “I from dust or ash; and methane, primarily from the landfill.
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Why corporate partners are essential for Third Derivative, a new climate-tech support network
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
The thesis: The most successful climate-tech startups will be those with early access to economic analysis, policy resources, financing and technical support. Frost Methane : An offsets market being created around methane flaring activities.
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Calls mount for action on methane ahead of COP27 Climate Summit
Business Green
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Green Alliance argues UK has made 'little headway' on pledge made at COP26 to slash methane emisisons by 30 per cent by 2030. For example, soaring fossil gas prices mean that plugging methane leaks from oil and gas sites could deliver a significant boost in profits for fossil fuel firms.
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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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Livestock methane: A primer for investors
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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Study: Rapid action needed to deliver methane-busting farming practices
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2025
WRI argues more policy and private sector support needed to scale numerous promising, cost effective and readily available approaches exist for tackling methane in agriculture
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With early progress in reducing livestock methane, it’s time for finance to lean in
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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