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Why we’re still losing the fight against Methane

ClimateAdam Jun 14, 2024 #ClimateChange Carbon dioxide is the main culprit behind climate change. But in second place is methane: a greenhouse gas stronger than CO2, that’s wreaking havoc on our planet. Humans are polluting the atmosphere with methane from … Continue reading

Methane: the tricky hunt for hidden emissions

A new satellite will measure global methane emissions, but why does agriculture’s contribution remain so elusive? The team behind the world’s most advanced methane-monitoring satellite, MethaneSat, are keen on metaphors about cleaning. “About the size of a washing machine,” was … Continue reading

Can We Mitigate a Methane Burst?

Facing Future Jan 20, 2023 #Arctic #ClimateRestoration Beneath the #Arctic, a vast amount of #MethaneHydrate has been safely locked away. But the ice is thawing fast, and methane, 84 times more potent than CO2, is seeping out. If it reaches … Continue reading

NASA Methane source animation

Peter Carter Nov 14, 2022 Short NASA Methane source animation See related: What’s going on with the jet stream? NASA Warming Animation 2022 Best Earth animated global warming projections Global temperature from 1940s to 2021 Setting the Record Straight: The … Continue reading

NASA Methane source animation

Nov 14, 2022 Short NASA Methane source animation

New Zealand taxes farmers for methane released by sheep and cows

Global News – Jun 10, 2022 To address harmful methane released from livestock into the atmosphere, New Zealand is taxing farmers and their livestock for these emissions. With a population of merely five million, the nation’s carbon footprint is relatively … Continue reading

Ex-Exxon Engineer: Big Oil Didn’t Track Natural Gas Methane Leaks | The Power of Big Oil |FRONTLINE

FRONTLINE PBS | Official May 3, 2022 Watch an excerpt from part three of “The Power of Big Oil,” a FRONTLINE docuseries investigating the decades-long failure to confront the threat and impacts of climate change—and the fossil fuel industry’s role. … Continue reading

Prof. Peter Wadhams | Can we remove billions of tonnes of CO2? And methane?

Nick Breeze ClimateGenn – Premiered Dec 8, 2021 In this ClimateGenn episode, I am speaking to professor Peter Wadhams from the University of Cambridge about his recent research for a book he is writing on the viability of greenhouse gas … Continue reading

Can We Tame the Methane Monster?

Facing Future – Jan 27, 2022 #Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and a major contributor to the climate crisis. Many jurisdictions, however, are using outdated accounting methods that vastly underestimate methane’s impact. Further, the fossil fuel industry has created … Continue reading

BBC World Service – Newshour, More than a hundred countries agree to cut methane

https://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/https/vpid/p0b1ywjy.mp3 It is the third day of the international climate change summit, COP26. Today, it was announced that more than a hundred countries have signed up to an agreement to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. In September the … Continue reading