Here is a collection of visuals to explain GHG emissions: https://robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
Compiled by Robbie Andrew. CCA4 by the Global Carbon Project
#carbon #emissions #economy #GHG #macroEconomics #CO2 #mining #drilling #coal #oilAndGas #methaneGas #gas #naturalGas #oil #methane #climateChange
Here is a collection of articles to learn about climate change. In an accessible language (originally intended for children): https://kids.frontiersin.org/collections/59311/climate-change-volume-2
#emissions #CO2 #GHG #mining #rareEarth #drilling #coal #oilAndGas #methaneGas #gas #naturalGas #oil #methane #climateChange
"UNEP’s 'Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target' finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leaving the world heading for a serious escalation of climate risks and damages."
https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2025
#emissions #CO2 #GHG #extraction #extractiveCapitalism #capitalism #mining #rareEarth #drilling #coal #oilAndGas #methaneGas #gas #naturalGas #oil #methane #climateChange #COP30
Red seaweed emerging as solution for livestock methane emissions
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/bovine-methane-emissions-solution-spearheaded-by-us-firm/
#methane #methaneemissions #livestock #cows #cattle #livestockemissions #agriculture #sustainableagriculture #seaweed #aquaculture #esginvesting #sustainableinvesting #chipotle #foodsystems #foodsupply #greenhousegas #methanegas #biogas
Red seaweed emerging as solution for livestock methane emissions
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/02/10/bovine-methane-emissions-solution-spearheaded-by-us-firm/
#methane #methaneemissions #livestock #cows #cattle #livestockemissions #agriculture #sustainableagriculture #seaweed #aquaculture #esginvesting #sustainableinvesting #chipotle #foodsystems #foodsupply #greenhousegas #methanegas #biogas
To: jill_johnson@iroquois.com
:earth:
Dear Ms. Johnson,
I am reaching out to raise significant concerns about the Iroquois Gas Transmission Enhancement by Compression (ExC) project, particularly its role in locking in long-term reliance on methane gas infrastructure.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with far-reaching implications for our climate and public health. Expanding infrastructure to facilitate its continued use creates an enduring dependency that is fundamentally at odds with the urgent need to transition to renewable energy sources. This is not merely a question of emissions today; it is about the decades-long legacy of methane reliance that projects like this perpetuate.
With policies increasingly favoring decarbonization, how does Iroquois reconcile this project with the clear scientific consensus that methane infrastructure poses an unacceptable risk to meeting climate targets? Beyond the immediate operational emissions, the project risks delaying investments in truly sustainable energy solutions, effectively entrenching an outdated energy model.
Communities and future generations deserve more than incremental change; they deserve transformative leadership that prioritizes a rapid shift away from fossil fuels altogether. I urge Iroquois to reconsider its trajectory and take bold steps toward aligning its operations with a net-zero future.
I look forward to hearing how Iroquois plans to address these critical concerns, not just for today, but for the long-term health of our planet and its people.
Sincerely,
Jonathan
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #connecticut #Brookfield #1900Feet #XR #XRSWCT #ExtinctionRebellion #activism #transparency #methane #StopLNG #naturalgas #methanegas
#Trees may be even bigger #climate heroes than we thought
These #plants absorb planet-warming #methanegas in addition to #carbondioxide
https://www.snexplores.org/article/trees-absorb-methane-climate
Cows in the crosshairs
#cows #cattle #methane #methaneemissions #greenhousegasemissions #globalwarmingemissions #methanegas #livestock #agriculture #esg #factoryfarms #farms #farming #decarbonization #biogas #globalwarming #climatecrisis #factoryfarms #dairy #dairycows #meat #beef #sustainable #sustainability #denmark #startups #innovation #climateaction
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/cow-farts-and-belches-targeted-for-high-tech-methane-removal/
Cows in the crosshairs
#cows #cattle #methane #methaneemissions #greenhousegasemissions #globalwarmingemissions #methanegas #livestock #agriculture #esg #factoryfarms #farms #farming #decarbonization #biogas #globalwarming #climatecrisis #factoryfarms #dairy #dairycows #meat #beef #sustainable #sustainability #denmark #startups #innovation #climateaction
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/cow-farts-and-belches-targeted-for-high-tech-methane-removal/
On methane emissions from livestock farming, cow farts are not the problem (spoiler alert: it comes out the other end)
#cows #cattle #methane #methaneemissions #greenhousegasemissions #globalwarmingemissions #methanegas #livestock #agriculture #farms #farming #decarbonization #biogas #globalwarming #climatecrisis #factoryfarms #dairy #dairycows #meat #beef #sustainable #sustainability #denmark #startups #innovation
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/cow-farts-and-belches-targeted-for-high-tech-methane-removal/
On methane emissions from livestock farming, cow farts are not the problem (spoiler alert: it comes out the other end)
#cows #cattle #methane #methaneemissions #greenhousegasemissions #globalwarmingemissions #methanegas #livestock #agriculture #farms #farming #decarbonization #biogas #globalwarming #climatecrisis #factoryfarms #dairy #dairycows #meat #beef #sustainable #sustainability #denmark #startups #innovation
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/04/cow-farts-and-belches-targeted-for-high-tech-methane-removal/
#DominionGas "challenged" us to use 3% less #MethaneGas this year. 😒
Challenge accepted. (see latest results 👇🏻)
This is the result of replacing a gas hot-water heater with a heat-pump electric hot water heater, and getting rid of a gas-only furnace and replacing it with a dual-fuel #heatpump HVAC system. #Win
Fight #ClimateChange and save money at the same time. It works.
This chart represents my #MethaneGas use this year compared to last after switching to a dual-fuel #HeatPump & hybrid heat-pump water heater. #DominionGas, in its latest greenwashing effort "challenged" customers to reduce use by a whole 3%. 😒
Except January, I've cut my #NaturalGas usage more than 50% by switching to heat pumps. Yes, my electricity bill has gone up, but not by more than I've saved by not burning gas. And about 74% of my electricity comes from renewable, clean sources.🌎👍
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'."
#Greenwashing par excellence - "Certified #NaturalGas is ‘dangerous greenwashing scheme’, US senators say - Group of progressive senators led by #EdMarkey call for crackdown on certified natural #gas in letter to #US federal regulators
Certified natural gas – or #methane gas that is purportedly produced in a low-emissions manner – is a “dangerous greenwashing scheme”, a group of progressive senators wrote in a letter to federal regulators on Monday ... The reality is that #gas certification schemes allow the #oil and gas #industry to justify the continued expansion of #MethaneGas use and undermine efforts towards a just transition to renewables,” says the letter, which was also signed by the senators Jeff Merkley, Sheldon Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker ... The gas sector has long branded itself as #climate - friendly, noting that when burned, the fuel generates less planet-heating #CarbonDioxide than other #FossilFuels. But gas – called “natural gas” by #FossilFuel interests – is made of methane, a #GreenhouseGas #GHG 80 times more planet-heating than carbon dioxide in the short term. Some research even indicates the fuel is worse for the climate than #coal."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/12/natural-gas-greenwashing-democrats
#ClimateCrisis #Klimakrise #Klima #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming #GlobalHeating #ClimateChange
(5/2) People don't realize "natural gas" is another fossil fuel. Climate activists are divided over renaming it "fossil gas" or "methane gas". https://heated.world/p/the-urgent-need-for-methane-literacy I bring this up from my TracingCOVID account, the one that traces misinformation about vaccines and viruses, for a reason. #climatechange #climateaction #fossilgas #methanegas #naturalgas #IsraelPalestine #IsraelPalestineConflict #IsraelGaza
20 #Willows #CarbonBombs: brazen illegitimacy of the #methanegas #industry’s argument; their long-standing campaign to #mislead the #public about the #risks of their product; and the increasingly urgent issue of methane #illiteracy.
#carbonpropoganda #NationalSecurity #PentagonIsTheBiggestCarbonBomb #ukraine #marketshare #russia
Could we collectively call natural gas what it is? It’s methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. “Natural gas” sounds like a cleaver rebranding, it ultimately comes off as a bit misleading to me. #ClimateChange #ClimateEmegency #ClimateCrisis #SemanticShift #NaturalGasBan #methanegas
https://climatejustice.social/@H2O/110390722364044804
> "I’ve decided we’re no longer going to refer to gas as 'natural.' Instead, from here on out we’re going to refer to gas as methane—or, more often, #MethaneGas."
Now apply this to “Natural Language” …
#WordsMatter
Very important distinction from #climate journalist #EmilyAtkin with #Heated:
'Why we're not calling it "#NaturalGas" anymore'
https://heated.world/p/why-were-not-calling-it-natural-gas?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
"I’ve decided we’re no longer going to refer to gas as 'natural.' Instead, from here on out we’re going to refer to gas as methane—or, more often, #MethaneGas."
