Dairy firms ignoring global methane emissions, report indicates
Recent evaluations have revealed that major dairy companies can overlook significant methane emissions that harm the climate. Animal agriculture contributes about 32% of global methane emissions. This gas is approximately 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, with milk and beef production being substantial contributors. Methane has played a major role […]
Podcaster Gavin Newsom Launches Methane Satellites as California Borrows Money for Health Care
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California will launch a satellite sensor that detects methane for $100 million, but borrows more than $6 billion to fill the shortfall in its healthcare system. Golden State is out of cash, and its Medicaid system, Medi-Cal, is insolvent thanks to Newom's decision to expand free healthcare to […]
House votes to overturn rule implementing methane fee
The House on Wednesday voted to overturn Biden-era rules that implement programs that charge oil and gas companies for excess methane emissions. The vote was 220-206-1. Democrats Henry Quellal (Texas), Jared Golden (Mayne), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Adam Gray (Calif.), Kristen McDonald Rivet (Michigan) and Marie Grusenkamp Perez (Washington) voted in favor of almost all Lepolikans. […]
Biden imposes new Methane emissions tax on way out of White House
President Joe Biden's Environmental Protection Agency finalized new rules Tuesday that would tax methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. The new tax stems from Biden's comprehensive climate change bill passed by Congress, known as the Suppressing Inflation Act, which includes a waste emissions tax provision. The waste discharge mandate was mandated by Congress, […]
Court blocks federal methane rule in five states
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Court Blocks Biden-Harris Methane Emissions Rule In Five States
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted implementation in five states of a Biden-Harris administration rule aimed at reducing methane emissions and minimizing natural gas waste on federal lands. U.S. District Judge Daniel Trainor issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) from enforcing new rules that went into effect in […]
Waste not, want not: How methane biogases can help us reach our climate goals
The Biden administration is cracking down on methane emissions from oil and gas operations. Officially, they account for 28 percent of U.S. methane emissions; new research It shows that methane leaks are even worse than we thought. But we also need significant reductions in emissions from: Other major methane sources, including agriculture (currently accounting for […]
Daily on energy: Tracking all the Biden rules on methane
METHANE MADNESS: Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management finalized a rule aimed at reducing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest effort to crack down on methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas that’s 28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. What the […]
Near-record energy sector methane emissions expected to fall: IEA
Fossil fuel emissions from methane, which is more powerful than carbon dioxide, are projected to fall after rising last year, according to a report. report The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced on Wednesday. According to the IEA, the leading emitters will emit about 80 million tons of methane emissions from fossil fuels in 2023, with […]