Sentences with phrase «measure global methane emissions»

On April 11, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) President Fred Krupp announced the organization's plans to create and launch a new satellite to monitor and measure global methane emissions — from space.

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In this study, we created new per - animal emissions factors — that is measures of the average amount of CH4 discharged by animals into the atmosphere — and new estimates of global livestock methane emissions.»

Overall, the new measures would lower global anthropogenic emissions of methane by 50 % and of black carbon aerosols, also known as soot, by 80 %.

An EDF - backed methane science effort involving the ten Oil & Gas Climate Initiative companies is underway to better measure and report global emissions.

We present the first global analysis of the costs of abating the estimated 76 million tonnes of methane emitted worldwide each year in oil and gas operations, which suggest that 40 - 50 % of these emissions can be mitigated at no net cost, because the value of the captured methane could cover the abatement measures.

The satellite will measure only emissions of methane, the powerful greenhouse gas responsible for roughly one quarter of the man - made global warming we currently experience.

Using methane's 20 - year GWP — a measure of the short - term climate impact of different GHGs — increases the share of oil and gas methane to over 8 % of global GHG (with emissions of 5,650 Mt CO2e), the equivalent of about 40 % of total CO2 emissions from global coal combustion in 2012.