Global emissions of methane are skyrocketing. But if we act now, we can start getting it out of the atmosphere. [Originally published on Otherwords.org] This year’s Earth Day comes on the heels of some alarming climate news. But if we act now, we can make a huge difference. This April, scientists observed a record annual increase […]
Methane Action’s work is featured in The New Yorker’s Climate Crisis Newsletter by Bill McKibben. Here’s an excerpt : “Given both the threat and the opportunity, some scientists have begun wondering whether there might be ways to scrub some methane from the atmosphere. As with carbon dioxide, you can remove CH4 with “direct air capture,” which […]
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Scientists pioneering methane removal available for comment For immediate release Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988 [Port Townsend, Washington – August 9, 2021] Scientists whose work on methane is cited in the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change welcome the report’s recognition of methane as a key driver of climate change, […]
The threat of large methane and carbon dioxide releases from the lake is due to a rare seismic phenomenon, but it’s also part of a broader, growing threat of acute releases in the Arctic and elsewhere for which we need to be better prepared. What? A volcanic eruption on the tectonic divide of the East […]
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PRESS RELEASE Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com , 914-589-5988 [Calabasas, CA – May 6] The non-profit Methane Action and leading climate scientists and atmospheric chemists welcomed the landmark UN report on methane emissions released today. But in addition to the report’s focus on cutting anthropogenic methane emissions, they pointed out that we also must prioritize addressing […]
BY ROB JACKSON AND DAPHNE WYSHAM When world leaders convened at the climate summit, carbon dioxide (CO2) wasn’t the only climate pollutant on the agenda. They also grappled with methane. Methane accounts for 16 percent of all global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it’s one of the most powerful levers for fighting climate change. We’re unlikely to […]
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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988 [Calabasas, CA – April 16, 2021] In a sign-on letter issued a week before the Earth Day climate summit, prominent climate scientists today called on U.S. and global leaders “to take effective measures to cut methane emissions, reduce atmospheric methane concentrations, and return methane in the atmosphere to preindustrial levels.” Methane is a […]
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