As oil and gas operators try to tackle emissions on the ground, MethaneSAT aims to locate and quantify them from orbit – with data published for all to see.
Tackling methane emissions should be an easy way to make progress in tackling climate change – and point to how willing the energy industry is to the energy transition.
The EU and US put methane on the map at COP26 in Glasgow — declaring the potent greenhouse gas a threat to Paris Agreement temperature goals and insisting emissions of it must be slashed 30% by 2030.
Big companies have big plans to cut emissions and often find it easier to sell assets. Buyers may not be quite so concerned about tackling emissions, though, a report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has found.