Methane
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CanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyMethaneShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
B.C. Actively Promotes Fracking Boom as New Study Reaffirms Climate Impact
British Columbia is taking heat from two different news outlets for its avid support of natural gas fracking to feed its liquefied natural gas ... -
Intensive Silvopasture Could Cut Methane Emissions, Boost Carbon Sequestration in Animal Agriculture
Intensive silvopasture is one of the 20 carbon reduction options that Drawdown lists as Coming Attractions—strategies that weren’t ready for prime time when the book ... -
Seismic Lines for Fossil Exploration Boost Climate-Busting Methane Releases at Least 7%
Climate-busting methane released when fossil explorers cut seismic lines through natural landscapes are enough to drive up Canada’s estimated greenhouse gas emissions from land ... -
CanadaChinaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesMethaneOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingUnited States
New Analysis Reveals ‘Clean’ Natural Gas as ‘the New Coal’
Methane leaks from liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other parts of the gas production chain are making the supposedly “clean fuel” a climate pollutant ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCanadaCitiesDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionFirst PeoplesIce Loss & Sea Level RiseMethaneSub-National Governments
Permafrost in Remote Canadian Arctic Thawing 70 Years Earlier Than Predicted
Permafrost in the remotest parts of the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, providing further evidence that the global climate crisis ... -
U.S. Fertilizer Plants Emit 100 Times More Methane Than They Report, Field Research Shows
There’s a yawning gap between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimate for climate-busting methane emissions in America’s industrial sector and real-world levels of ... -
Cracked, Leaking Storage Tanks Point to Alarming Safety Risks for Leading U.S. LNG Exporter
A series of leaks and cracks in the massive liquefied natural gas storage tanks operated by Cheniere Energy, the Houston company that until recently ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementFinance & InvestmentHydroMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Quebec LNG Megaproject Would Boost Emissions by 37 Million Tonnes Per Year
The GNL Quebec liquefied natural gas megaproject would increase life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by more than 37 million tonnes per year, a group ... -
Oregon Senate Adopts Five-Year Fracking Moratorium
The Oregon State Senate adopted a five-year moratorium on oil and gas fracking last week, after amending a House resolution calling for a 10-year ... -
Batteries/StorageEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMethaneOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSolarUnited StatesWind
Roberts: Oil Change International Report Confirms No Space for New Natural Gas Development
That there is vanishingly little space for natural gas in a world that wishes to stay below 2.0°C average global warming is a fact ... -
Sharp Rise in Tropical Methane May Signal New Emissions Feedback Loop
A sharp, unexpected increase in methane emissions from the tropics, possibly a result of a climate feedback loop, now poses a significant threat to ... -
Energy SubsidiesHealth & SafetyMethaneOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
With Industry Dating Back to 1859, Pennsylvania Struggles with 200,000+ Orphan Wells
Although pressure is building on the fossil industry to address fugitive emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, deadbeat drillers and insufficient public funds ... -
DrawdownDrive to 1.5EuropeFood SecurityMethanePathways to 1.5Soil & Natural SequestrationUnited States
Food Waste Composting Would Save 2.28 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Normalizing and intensifying the composting of food waste ranks #60 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions, with the potential to reduce atmospheric carbon by 2.28 gigatons by 2050.
