Two energy scholars who have studied the extent of methane leaks in the oil and gas industry explain what rescinding methane emissions regulations will mean to the climate and industry.
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New technologies can help locate large methane leaks in a faster and more effective manner.
Petroleum exploration in Alberta has disturbed more than 1,900 sq. km of wetlands in Alberta, boosting emissions of methane: a potent greenhouse gas.
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at 414 parts per million. But thanks to a recalculation of methane’s warming power, the total amount of greenhouse gases is now equivalent to more than 500.
Reducing food waste by feeding hungry Canadians is a simplistic solution that is deeply problematic and morally distressing.
Removing human-related methane from the atmosphere could reduce global warming by 15%.
One thing I can tell you is that a snail’s bottom is right over its head.
The ‘used water’ that flows from our showers, dishwashers and toilets isn’t a waste to engineers – it contains valuable materials. The challenge is recovering them and turning them into products.
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
A new pathway for the global energy transition shows how the world can meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C warming goal without relying on carbon capture and storage, by creating a renewable gas industry.
Raising livestock has clear impacts on the environment, but contrary to what many critics say, it is not the biggest driver of climate change.
The US government is set to make it easier for oil and gas firms to leak methane into the atmosphere.
Food systems must be transformed to produce more nutritious food with a lower environmental footprint.
This new and more accurate estimate means that replacing coal with natural gas doesn’t do as much to reduce climate change as it should.
New research has suggested a fresh way to account for greenhouse gases with different lifetimes in the atmosphere.
Natural gas is widely viewed as a clean fuel, but methane, its main component, is a powerful greenhouse gas. Two experts propose a plan for detecting and cutting methane leaks across North America.
The European Investment Bank’s funding of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline will harm the climate and makes little financial sense.
A tax on beef isn’t likely to achieve the intended outcome of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, it could create a spate of unintended consequences.
Canadians are a wasteful bunch, especially during the holidays. Redesign your holidays this year to cut back on garbage and food waste.
New experimental results on methane may help us to uncover whether Uranus really is the coldest planet.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Research Group Leader, CSIRO
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Research scientist, NASA
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Professor, Department of Earth System Science, and Chair of the Global Carbon Project, Stanford University
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Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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PhD candidate, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Director of Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Emeritus Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge
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Emeritus Reader in Policy Modelling, Cambridge Judge Business School
