Jeff St. John of Canary Media writes about MethaneSat and Carbon Mapper, two companies that are tracking methane emissions.
- Methane emissions, while significantly more damaging than CO2 emissions, stay in the atmosphere for only nine years.
- MethaneSat and Carbon Mapper are using satellites to track and stop methane emissions.
- Tracking methane emissions can help oil and gas companies reduce their emissions and reach climate goals.
- Through private-sector innovation, we are unlocking new ways to improve the health of the planet.
“MethaneSat will be able to capture leaks as low as 5 kilograms per hour per square kilometer — and ‘if there’s an oil and gas producing area that’s leaking less than that, you’re doing really, really well’ in preventing typical emissions, he said.”
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