Japan stepping up methane reduction ante in LNG supply chain
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and multiple national and international partners intend to boost efforts to increase transparency across the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain a…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1305439/japan-stepping-up-methane-reduction-ante-in-lng-supply-chain/
https://www.alojapan.com/1305439/japan-stepping-up-methane-reduction-ante-in-lng-supply-chain/ Japan stepping up methane reduction ante in LNG supply chain #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #GHGEmissions #InternationalEnergyAgency #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #JOGMEC #LNG #methane #MiQ #news Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and multiple national and international partners intend to boost efforts to increase transparency across the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chain and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. LNG vessel…
Google teams up with Environmental Defense Fund to monitor methane emissions using MethaneSAT satellite aboard SpaceX rocket soon. 🛰🌎
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Read the full story: https://sustainabilityeconomicsnews.com/tech-and-innovation/google-to-help-track-methane-polluters-from-space/
A new #satellite will use #Google’s #AI to map #methane leaks from #space, a collaboration with the nonprofit #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane #emissions—but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. #MethaneSAT will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from #oil and #gas operations, and Google and #EDF will then map those leaks for use by researchers, #regulators, and the public. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/14/1088198/satellite-google-ai-map-methane-leaks/
Google is getting in on mapping methane via satellite | Latitude Media https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/google-is-getting-in-on-mapping-methane-via-satellite “Google is providing cloud and mapping services to a project that will use satellite imagery to quantify and trace #MethaneEmission sources around the world, the company announced today.
When the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund’s much-anticipated satellite, #MethaneSAT, launches next month, Google Cloud will provide the computing power to process, analyze, and visualize the new data stream.”
Google joins mission to map #methane from space
Tech giant Google is backing a satellite project due to launch in March which will collect data about methane levels around the world.
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor
February 13, 2024
"The new satellite will orbit 300 miles about the Earth, 15 times per day.
"#MethaneGas is believed by scientists to be a major contributor to #GlobalWarming, because it traps in heat.
"A lot of methane is produced by farming and waste disposal, but the Google project will focus on methane emissions at #oil and #gas plants.
"Firms extracting oil and gas regularly burn or vent methane.
"The new project is a collaboration between Google and the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund [#EDF], a non-profit global climate group.
"The data captured by the satellite will be processed by the tech giant's artificial intelligence tools and used to generate a methane map aimed at identifying methane leaks on oil and gas infrastructure around the world.
"But the firm said if it identified a significant leak it would not specifically notify the company which owned the infrastructure responsible for it.
"'Our job is to make information available,' it said, adding that governments and regulators would be among those with access to it and it would be for them to force any changes.
"There is no international rule on controlling methane emissions. The EU has agreed a set of proposals aimed at reducing them, which includes forcing oil and gas operators to repair leaks. In the #coal sector, #flaring will be banned in member states from 2025.
"Google's map, which will be published on its Earth Engine, will not be in real time, with data sent back from the satellite every few weeks.
"In 2017, the European Space Agency launched a similar satellite instrument called #Tropomi, which charts the presence of trace gases in the atmosphere, including methane.
"It was a mission with a minimum seven-year life span, which means it could end this year.
"#CarbonMapper, which uses Tropomi data, released a report in 2022 indicating that the biggest methane plumes were seen in #Turkmenistan, #Russia and the #US - but cloud cover meant the data did not include #Canada or #China.
"Google said it hoped its project would 'fill gaps between existing tools'."
Google [And Others Are] Making A Map Of Methane Leaks For The Whole World To See
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https://www.businessinsider.com/google-map-methane-leaks-world-can-see-2024-2 <-- shared media article
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68166298 <-- shared media article
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Google Partners With the Environmental Defense Fund to Tackle Climate Change https://petapixel.com/2024/02/14/google-partners-with-the-environmental-defense-fund-to-tackle-climate-change/ #environmentaldefensefund #climatechange #globalwarming #conservation #environment #Technology #satellite #science #google #Space #News
The Tyee: Alberta Sets a Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Record https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/11/Alberta-Methane-Super-Emitter/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #EnergyandEmissionsResearchLabCarletonUniversity #Albertaabandonedoilandgaswells #abandonedoilandgaswellsCanada #Albertamethanesuper-emitter #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #Canadaoilandgasindustry #globalmethaneemissions #methaneclimatechange #inactivewellsCanada #CarletonUniversity #AnthonyIngraffea #McGillUniversity #MatthewJohnson #MaryKang
Biden’s EPA Just Enacted Its Strongest Methane Rules Yet https://heatmap.news/economy/biden-epa-methane-rules
#EPA: #Biden - #Harris Administration Finalizes Standards to Slash #Methane #Pollution, Combat #ClimateChange, Protect Health, and Bolster American Innovation https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-standards-slash-methane-pollution-combat-climate
"'The U.S. now has the most protective #MethanePollution limits on the books': Fredd Krupp, president of the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, which has played a major role in exposing the dangers of methane."
A nearly $500,000 grant awarded this week by the Environmental Protection Agency will help the Houston communities of Fifth Ward, Galena Park, Pleasantville and Sunnyside monitor hazardous air pollutants over a three-year period.
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