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A Tale Of Two Countries & Why One Is Holding The Agricultural Sector Responsible For Its Emissions

June 29, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, Denmark, Farmers, Fossil Fuels, methane, methane emissions, NEW ZEALAND, nitrous oxide, plant-based diet, plant-based foods, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:11:19 +0000

Farmers in New Zealand complained that a regulated price on methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions, starting in late 2025, would force some in their industry off their land. As a result of significant lobbying efforts, New Zealand has confirmed that the agricultural sector, which accounts for about half … [continued]

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Let’s Change The Food Waste We Send To Landfills & Reduce Methane Emissions

June 19, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, composting, green economy, methane, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:23:08 +0000

In the US, food is the single most common material sent to landfills, comprising 24.1% of municipal solid waste. When food and other organic materials decompose in a landfill where anaerobic (without oxygen) conditions are present, bacteria break down the materials and generate methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Municipal solid … [continued]

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US Industrial Natural Gas Consumers Could See 56% Higher Bills With Methane Leak Price

June 6, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, us carbon pricing, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:35:14 +0000

Remarkably, in 2022 the USA managed to get a greenhouse gas price through Congress. It wasn’t on carbon dioxide, the biggest problem, but it was on methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas problem we humans create. Perhaps more remarkably, it was explicitly on the oil and gas industry and excluded … [continued]

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Fossil Fuel Companies Build Structures To Hide Methane Flaring From Satellites

May 6, 2024 admin flaring, Fossil Fuels, methane, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 14:55:31 +0000

Fossil fuel companies are building enclosed structures that hide the flaring of methane gas from satellites.

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Natural Gas Isn’t Burning Nearly As Cleanly As We Thought

March 22, 2024 admin Alberta, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, methane, natural gas, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:35:18 +0000

Remember those golden days when natural gas was a clean-burning bridge fuel, a nice way to reduce emissions as we ditched coal and switched to renewables? It was such a pleasant fantasy, while it lasted. Remember how the USA has a shared dream that it has world-beating emissions reductions because … [continued]

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MethaneSAT Will Pinpoint Methane Pollution In Real Time

March 8, 2024 admin climate change, environmental defense fund, methane, methane emissions, methanesat, NEW ZEALAND, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 15:37:56 +0000

The MethaneSAT satellite went into orbit on March 4. It will measure large and small methane emissions worldwide.

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Historic Funding to Plug Orphaned Oil & Gas Wells

February 2, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, deb haaland, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investing in america, investment, Joe Biden, methane, methane emissions, methane leaks, missouri, natural gas, Oil

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:34:29 +0000

Interior Department Announces Nearly $5 Million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to Clean Up Legacy Pollution in Missouri … [continued]

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State Energy Policy in a Land of New Federal Opportunity

February 2, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, methane, policy research, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:03:26 +0000

Unprecedented new and expanded federal programs have fundamentally shifted the landscape of what’s economically and politically feasible for state policymakers, … [continued]

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