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Down under levels up with top-down panel

Down under levels up with top-down panel

Australia gets in on the new approach.

A hump of grass, giving off gas.

Gassy knolls: Automation finds the 10 worst methane hotspots

A methane-hotspot tool uses satellite data to find problem regions. We need this tool — and others like it — to stop climate change.

Want impressive greenhouse gas reductions in an urban area? Get rid of the cars.

Paris in the (low-carbon) spring

Have you ever been to Paris? It has been, in the past, a city known for crazy, fast-moving traffic. This was observably, objectively true. All you had to do was stand to watch the Arc de Triomphe (from a safe distance). Witness the unpredictable, circling cars: drunken pirañas circling a

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

Worker in a hardhat and coveralls, using a laptop while sitting in front of a petroleum plant.

Methane mitigation jobs

Jobs are transforming to meet demands of the changing energy markets.

Climate consequences: Fire

Climate consequences: Fire

DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

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DIY: Explore Sentinel-5P's methane data

Ever hear of the Sunset fire in LA? Nope? That's because it never had a chance.

Sunset

Sometime the best news of the day is what you don't hear.

Intense debate

Intensity measurements have a particular use, but we shouldn't rely on them as barometers of progress.

Solar panels form a background to a coal power plant, contained in a drop of water.

EU greenhouse gas emissions continue to drop

The EU met its 2020 emissions goals at least 10 years early, and had remarkable success in its 2023 reductions.

China's CO2 flattens out

Greenhouse Gases

China's CO2 flattens out

Chinese carbon dioxide emissions seem to have levelled off.

A coal vendor, out of business.

UK: The last coal-power plant closes

Positive news: no more coal power in the United Kingdom.

A boy and a girl spot a way out of a dark and dangerous situation.

Hope.

We begin a series of short posts to draw attention to progress on climate change and the environment.

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

Geoengineering: Cool roofs

A tired-looking dinosaur carries a red jerry can past a large bank of solar panels.

In Europe, fossil fuels lose out

Fossil fuels decline. Renewables — particularly solar — are on the increase.

Satellites are Pooka spotters in a global crisis

Satellites are Pooka spotters in a global crisis

Denial

10 things you need to know about methane satellites

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10 things you need to know about methane satellites

Something wicked this way comes

Something wicked this way comes

Engineering culture

Historical Perspective

Engineering culture

By training, most engineers hate leaks.

Penguins emit laughing gas

Penguins emit laughing gas

A hoax

O hauling night

O hauling night

Do you recall the most energy-intensive task of them all?

Meet the in-laws

Meet the in-laws

🍁Oh, Cap an' Trade!

Greenhouse Gases

🍁Oh, Cap an' Trade!