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https://www.europesays.com/ie/477108/ Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City #ClimateChange #Éire #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #IE #Ireland #methane #Pollution #Science
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@BBCWildlife @bbc-wildlife-magazine-BBCWildlife #Kelpforests are impressive #ecosystems, characterized by a vast #diversity of #species. These underwater landscapes serve as vital carbon sinks for the #greenhousegas #CO2. Consequently, such extraordinary habitats are of scientific interest for contributing to counteract global warming.
Text by Stefan F. Wirth
References:
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelp_forest#/media/File%3AKelp_forest.jpg
Science writing G. Green (2026): https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/patagonia-megatransect?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City
Methane is one of the most powerful drivers of global warming, yet scientists may have overlooked a major…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #CA #Canada #climatechange #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #methane #Pollution
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Scientists Discover Hidden Methane Source Beneath Every Major City
Methane is one of the most powerful drivers of global warming, yet scientists may have overlooked a major…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #CA #Canada #climatechange #EnvironmentalScience #GreenhouseGas #methane #Pollution
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Can a #carbon price lower power bills? #Virginia is betting yes.
With power demand from #datacenters skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
VA governor signed bill last month that would return Virginia to the Regional #GreenhouseGas Initiative, or #RGGI, carbon pricing program that covers electrical utilities in states across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Spanberger’s Republican predecessor, Glenn Youngkin, pulled out of the program in 2022.
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Next #ElNiño could be tipping point for a hotter #climate
#Pacific heat pulse is temporary, but scientists warn that its climate impacts are not.
In a world already superheated by #greenhousegas, a strong El Niño during next 12 to 18 months could permanently push the planet’s average annual temperature past the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold enshrined in scientific documents and political agreements as a turning point for potentially irreversible climate impacts.
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China launches new satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring
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".. Long March-4C .. blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) carrying the satellite into a preset orbit. .. satellite is equipped with five advanced instruments, .."17.4.2026
#China #CZ4C #DAQI2 #DQ2 #EO #Erdbeobachtung #JSLC #GreenhouseGas #LM4C #Lidar #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Treibhausgas #Umweltsatellit
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#CGTN:
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China launches new satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring
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".. Long March-4C .. blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) carrying the satellite into a preset orbit. .. satellite is equipped with five advanced instruments, .."17.4.2026
#China #CZ4C #DAQI2 #DQ2 #EO #Erdbeobachtung #JSLC #GreenhouseGas #LM4C #Lidar #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Treibhausgas #Umweltsatellit
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#CGTN:
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China launches new satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring
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".. Long March-4C .. blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) carrying the satellite into a preset orbit. .. satellite is equipped with five advanced instruments, .."17.4.2026
#China #CZ4C #DAQI2 #DQ2 #EO #Erdbeobachtung #JSLC #GreenhouseGas #LM4C #Lidar #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Treibhausgas #Umweltsatellit
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#CGTN:
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China launches new satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring
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".. Long March-4C .. blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) carrying the satellite into a preset orbit. .. satellite is equipped with five advanced instruments, .."17.4.2026
#China #CZ4C #DAQI2 #DQ2 #EO #Erdbeobachtung #JSLC #GreenhouseGas #LM4C #Lidar #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Treibhausgas #Umweltsatellit
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#CGTN:
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China launches new satellite for high-precision greenhouse gas monitoring
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".. Long March-4C .. blasted off at 12:10 p.m. (Beijing Time) carrying the satellite into a preset orbit. .. satellite is equipped with five advanced instruments, .."17.4.2026
#China #CZ4C #DAQI2 #DQ2 #EO #Erdbeobachtung #JSLC #GreenhouseGas #LM4C #Lidar #Raumfahrt #SAST #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #Treibhausgas #Umweltsatellit
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/436545/ Environmental groups urge California to track methane from reservoirs #amount #California #dam #Éire #Environment #GreenhouseGas #IE #Ireland #landfill #methane #MethaneEmission #Petition #plant #reservoir #River #Science #scientist #State #Study #World
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#idw Human #GreenhouseGas emissions drive compound hot-dry extremes and enforce #climate risks for low-income countries
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Human-induced greenhouse gas emissions are amplifying #ClimateChange and its impacts – this is agreed on by the scientific community. One consequence is that extreme events like heat and droughts are becoming more frequent and more intense.
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“#EmperorPenguins are a sentinel species that tell us about our changing world & how well we are controlling #GreenhouseGas #emissions,” Philip Trathan, a member of the IUCN specialist group that determined the species’ #conservation status, said in a statement Thursday.
#climate #environment #GlobalWarming #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of #GreenhouseGas emissions from #Rice paddies: a global meta-analysis and future projections#Methane | #NitrousOxide | #NetGreenhouseGasBalance | #ClimateChange | #AgriculturalManagementPractices
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of #GreenhouseGas emissions from #Rice paddies: a global meta-analysis and future projections#Methane | #NitrousOxide | #NetGreenhouseGasBalance | #ClimateChange | #AgriculturalManagementPractices
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of #GreenhouseGas emissions from #Rice paddies: a global meta-analysis and future projections#Methane | #NitrousOxide | #NetGreenhouseGasBalance | #ClimateChange | #AgriculturalManagementPractices
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of #GreenhouseGas emissions from #Rice paddies: a global meta-analysis and future projections#Methane | #NitrousOxide | #NetGreenhouseGasBalance | #ClimateChange | #AgriculturalManagementPractices
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Drivers and spatiotemporal patterns of #GreenhouseGas emissions from #Rice paddies: a global meta-analysis and future projections#Methane | #NitrousOxide | #NetGreenhouseGasBalance | #ClimateChange | #AgriculturalManagementPractices
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Europe in fuel crisis as ‘petrol tourists’ race across EU border | World | News
Poland is preparing to curb a surge of German “petrol tourists” crossing the border to fill up their…
#Europe #EU #Climateneutrality #Cross-borderrefuelling #Diesel #fuelcrisis #germany #Germany-Polandborder #GreenhouseGas #Greenhousegasemissions #highdemand #jerrycans #Nets #petrol #PetrolPrices #Petroltourists #poland #schengenarea #taxes #vat
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/854928/ Europe in fuel crisis as ‘petrol tourists’ race across EU border | World | News #ClimateNeutrality #CrossBorderRefuelling #Diesel #EU #Europe #European #FuelCrisis #Germany #GermanyPolandBorder #GreenhouseGas #GreenhouseGasEmissions #HighDemand #JerryCans #nETS #Petrol #PetrolPrices #PetrolTourists #Poland #SchengenArea #Taxes #VAT
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Europe in fuel crisis as ‘petrol tourists’ race across EU border | World | News https://www.byteseu.com/1900180/ #ClimateNeutrality #CrossBorderRefuelling #Diesel #Europe #FuelCrisis #Germany #GermanyPolandBorder #GreenhouseGas #GreenhouseGasEmissions #HighDemand #JerryCans #Nets #petrol #PetrolPrices #PetrolTourists #Poland #SchengenArea #Taxes #VAT
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The Destruction of Nature is a Cost of War
by Ci Davis
We have become accustomed to seeing the human impacts of war, from starvation in Sudan to the almost 100,000 killed in Gaza, but most people will be less familiar with the environmental impacts. On February 28th, another Middle East war broke out when the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran. In the first few hours, the Supreme Leader was killed, followed by the bombing of a school, killing 150 Iranian schoolgirls, and soon after, columns of smoke began to rise from targeted hits on petrochemical infrastructures.
Over the past three weeks, oil refineries, gas fields, tankers, nuclear facilities, desalination plants, oil storage tanks, air bases, and industrial areas have all been attacked. The water, marine and toxic-air pollution are a consequence of the smoke from the multiple infernos, from the widely dispersed toxic fragments, and from the many chemicals and heavy metals that escape into the soil and water, caused by thousands of bomb and missile strikes
The human and environmental costs of another war prompted two protests in Sheffield. On 21st March, 150 people demonstrated outside the Town Hall to call for an end to the war on Iran and also made connections with other current conflicts, including Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, Ukraine and Cuba.
Our media tends to represent the environmental impacts of war as collateral damage, an unfortunate side effect, but really, they are a deliberate and targeted means of disrupting the lives of people by making their connection to land fragile or even untenable. No clearer example exists than the use of Agent Orange to defoliate the forests of Vietnam that left millions of Vietnamese and hundreds of thousands of US veterans with multigenerational health disorders and birth defects. Environmental harm is one of the ways that war impacts lives that can last many decades.
The environmental impacts of war cannot be separated from the environmental costs of the military machine itself, which is responsible for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, which rose by a staggering 9.4% in 2024. The US military is the largest institutional emitter of GHGs that are responsible for climate change, burning 270000 barrels of oil daily. Countries are not required to produce figures for the wartime emissions, but recently it is estimated that the war in Ukraine has produced 237 million tonnes of CO2, the Gaza conflict 32 million tonnes and in the first 5 days of the Iran war 5 million tonnes. At a time when all countries should be doing everything to reduce climate and environmental damage, the resort to war is escalating the harm.
Apocalyptic images, showing clouds of black toxic smoke blocking out the sun over Tehran, following the bombings of local oil depots on 7th March, are haunting. The oily residues, soot and sulphur-laden smoke, combined with a rare rainstorm, produced acid rain, causing immediate respiratory impacts with a lasting health legacy. For people who had already experienced chemical weapons attacks during the Iran-Iraq war, this environmental warfare was experienced as chemical warfare again.
Impact of War on the Environment Author: Sayedqudrathashimy1991 Source: Wikimedia CommonsThe Middle East is experiencing the climate crisis through water insecurity. The conflict in Syria, which displaced 1.5 million people between 2007 and 2010, was in part precipitated by drought. There are clear parallels to Iran today. After six years of drought, the water supply to Tehran was at just 11% capacity, and the shortage of water to drink or to supply agriculture contributed to protests in January 2026. War is exploiting this suffering, with all parties having targeted water and sewerage systems that, if continued, threaten to displace people throughout the region, as well as causing severe health impacts.
Most of us will be familiar with the skeletons of buildings and mountains of debris from TV images of Gaza. The 61 million tonnes of rubble are laden with asbestos, unexploded weapons, dead bodies, and untreated sewerage that has rendered the land unfit for agriculture. The clearance will take decades and burn through hundreds of thousands more tonnes of fossil fuel, and we are seeing the same thing being repeated across Iran and the Gulf.
Years after wars end, the land, air and sea will remain contaminated. Thankfully, the deliberate targeting of the environment is becoming recognised in International Law as a war crime or ecocide and can be punished under the ICC’s Rome Statute. If it is demonstrated that the military intentionally launched an attack, knowing that it will cause long-term severe damage to the natural environment, that is excessive to the military advantage anticipated, then prosecutions may follow.
As the war drags on, it risks total destruction of the oil-fields, spillage of nuclear material, and depleted Uranium contamination. These huge environmental threats will have global impacts, experienced as economic shocks and agricultural losses, threatening food security. War demonstrates our intimate connection with the land and the importance of environmental protection.
Most people oppose the war, the use of UK bases in support of it, and sending the military to the Middle East. We should make our voices heard, calling upon world leaders to respond to our opposition and pull back from the brink, for the sake of people and the planet.
For more information on what you can do, contact: [email protected]
References
Gayle, D. (2025, May 31). What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/what-is-ecocide-and-could-it-become-a-under-international-law
Gayle, D. (2026, March 20). From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction
Holmes, O., Gayle, D., & Ahmedzade, T. (2026, March 23). Tehran’s toxic cloud: Satellite images show oily fires burned for days. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/23/tehran-toxic-cloud-satellite-image-oil-fires
Meadway, J. (2026, January 15). How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
Moneer, Z. (2026, March 22). Water Infrastructure Has Become a Target in Modern Warfare. Earth.Org. https://earth.org/from-lifeline-to-strategic-weapon-how-water-infrastructure-becomes-a-target-in-armed-conflicts/
Neimark, B., & Mackintosh, K. (2025, November 4). How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.4yt3f6ys7
New data reveals the Military Emissions Gap is growing wider. (2025, November 6). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/new-data-reveals-the-military-emissions-gap-is-growing-wider/
Palmer, M. G. (2005). The legacy of agent orange: Empirical evidence from central Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 60(5), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.04.037
Photos: Dire water shortages pile misery on Gaza’s starving population. (n.d.). Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 March 2026, from https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/8/4/unprecedented-water-crisis-in-gaza-amid-israeli-induced-starvation
The US-Israel war on Iran and how war and conflict are destroying the environment. (2026, March 19). Greenpeace International. https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82201/iran-lebanon-war-environment-climate-impacts/
Three days of Operation Epic Fury: Rapid overview of environmental harm in Iran and the region. (2026, March 3). CEOBS. https://ceobs.org/three-days-of-operation-epic-fury-rapid-overview-of-environmental-harm-in-iran-and-the-region/
#AcidRain #AgentOrange #ChemicalWeapons #Cuba #DepletedUranium #environment #Gaza #GreenhouseGas #Iran #Iraq #Lebanon #nuclear #Oil #sewage #SheffieldAntiWarCoalition #Sudan #Ukraine #Vietnam #War #Water -
Satellite Images Reveal #MegaLeaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
UCLA's #StopMethaneProject ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 18, 2026"Researchers with the Stop Methane Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, used data from #CarbonMapper—a non-profit that uses remote sensing technology to pinpoint and quantify methane emissions—to rank these mega-leaks. They’re spread across a small handful of countries, including the #US, with the majority in #Turkmenistan. A whopping 15 of the 25 largest leaks are concentrated in this #authoritarian state."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/satellite-images-reveal-mega-leaks-of-potent-greenhouse-gas-2000734990Full list:
https://stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-top-25-methane-plumes#MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan
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Satellite Images Reveal #MegaLeaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
UCLA's #StopMethaneProject ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 18, 2026"Researchers with the Stop Methane Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, used data from #CarbonMapper—a non-profit that uses remote sensing technology to pinpoint and quantify methane emissions—to rank these mega-leaks. They’re spread across a small handful of countries, including the #US, with the majority in #Turkmenistan. A whopping 15 of the 25 largest leaks are concentrated in this #authoritarian state."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/satellite-images-reveal-mega-leaks-of-potent-greenhouse-gas-2000734990Full list:
https://stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-top-25-methane-plumes#MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan
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Satellite Images Reveal #MegaLeaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
UCLA's #StopMethaneProject ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 18, 2026"Researchers with the Stop Methane Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, used data from #CarbonMapper—a non-profit that uses remote sensing technology to pinpoint and quantify methane emissions—to rank these mega-leaks. They’re spread across a small handful of countries, including the #US, with the majority in #Turkmenistan. A whopping 15 of the 25 largest leaks are concentrated in this #authoritarian state."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/satellite-images-reveal-mega-leaks-of-potent-greenhouse-gas-2000734990Full list:
https://stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-top-25-methane-plumes#MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan
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Satellite Images Reveal #MegaLeaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
UCLA's #StopMethaneProject ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 18, 2026"Researchers with the Stop Methane Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, used data from #CarbonMapper—a non-profit that uses remote sensing technology to pinpoint and quantify methane emissions—to rank these mega-leaks. They’re spread across a small handful of countries, including the #US, with the majority in #Turkmenistan. A whopping 15 of the 25 largest leaks are concentrated in this #authoritarian state."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/satellite-images-reveal-mega-leaks-of-potent-greenhouse-gas-2000734990Full list:
https://stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-top-25-methane-plumes#MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan
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Satellite Images Reveal #MegaLeaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas
UCLA's #StopMethaneProject ranked the 25 oil and gas sites with the largest methane emissions rates worldwide.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 18, 2026"Researchers with the Stop Methane Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, used data from #CarbonMapper—a non-profit that uses remote sensing technology to pinpoint and quantify methane emissions—to rank these mega-leaks. They’re spread across a small handful of countries, including the #US, with the majority in #Turkmenistan. A whopping 15 of the 25 largest leaks are concentrated in this #authoritarian state."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/satellite-images-reveal-mega-leaks-of-potent-greenhouse-gas-2000734990Full list:
https://stopmethane.substack.com/p/spotlight-on-the-top-25-methane-plumes#MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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Feds Are Downplaying #MethaneLeaks in America’s Biggest #OilField, Satellite Data Suggests
A report found #MethaneEmissions in the #PermianBasin to be nearly four times higher than #EPA estimates. A senator wants an explanation.
By Ellyn Lapointe
Published March 20, 2026"#FossilFuel extraction is a known source of #methane leaks, releasing large amounts of this potent #GreenhouseGas into the atmosphere. Yet the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be drastically underreporting emissions from the nation’s largest oil-producing region.
"Nearly half of U.S. oil comes from the Permian Basin in West #Texas and southeastern #NewMexico. The region generates more than $100 billion annually for the U.S. economy, and apparently, a whole lot of methane, too. A recent report from #MethaneSAT—a methane-sensing satellite that observed Earth from March 2024 to June 2025—found emissions from the Permian Basin to be nearly four times higher than the EPA’s official estimates."
Read more:
https://gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplaying-methane-leaks-in-americas-biggest-oil-field-satellite-data-suggests-2000736269#BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
#TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
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In biology/geology "#marinesnow" refers to the #organicdebris of organisms from higher #waterlevels. The #carboncycle thus transfers #CO2 to the #seabed, thus binding the #greenhousegas.
B. Borer et al. (2026) found that #microbial components of this "snow" induce #calciumcarbonate #dissolution in higher waters, reducing their #settlingvelocity and requiring consideration in future #climatemodels.
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In biology/geology "#marinesnow" refers to the #organicdebris of organisms from higher #waterlevels. The #carboncycle thus transfers #CO2 to the #seabed, thus binding the #greenhousegas.
B. Borer et al. (2026) found that #microbial components of this "snow" induce #calciumcarbonate #dissolution in higher waters, reducing their #settlingvelocity and requiring consideration in future #climatemodels.
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In biology/geology "#marinesnow" refers to the #organicdebris of organisms from higher #waterlevels. The #carboncycle thus transfers #CO2 to the #seabed, thus binding the #greenhousegas.
B. Borer et al. (2026) found that #microbial components of this "snow" induce #calciumcarbonate #dissolution in higher waters, reducing their #settlingvelocity and requiring consideration in future #climatemodels.
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In biology/geology "#marinesnow" refers to the #organicdebris of organisms from higher #waterlevels. The #carboncycle thus transfers #CO2 to the #seabed, thus binding the #greenhousegas.
B. Borer et al. (2026) found that #microbial components of this "snow" induce #calciumcarbonate #dissolution in higher waters, reducing their #settlingvelocity and requiring consideration in future #climatemodels.
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In biology/geology "#marinesnow" refers to the #organicdebris of organisms from higher #waterlevels. The #carboncycle thus transfers #CO2 to the #seabed, thus binding the #greenhousegas.
B. Borer et al. (2026) found that #microbial components of this "snow" induce #calciumcarbonate #dissolution in higher waters, reducing their #settlingvelocity and requiring consideration in future #climatemodels.
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This debate will undoubtedly be shaken up by the #Trump #EPA’s recent killing of the #EndangermentFinding. That scientific finding by the agency was the foundation of federal #GreenhouseGas #regulations. #SCOTUS has previously ruled that the EPA’s role managing those regulations blocked many federal lawsuits over harms from #ClimateChange. Some legal experts say the end of the endangerment finding opens up a new lane for lawsuits against the #FossilFuel industry in federal court.
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#EnvironmentalGroups sue #Trump’s #EPA over repeal of landmark #climate finding
Lawsuit from #health and #EnvironmentalJustice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’
Dharna Noor
Wed 18 Feb 2026 07.10 EST"More than a dozen health and environmental justice non-profits have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its revocation of the legal determination that underpins US federal climate regulations.
"Filed in Washington DC circuit court, the lawsuit challenges the EPA’s rollback of the '#EndangermentFinding', which states that the buildup of heat-trapping #pollution in the atmosphere endangers #PublicHealth and welfare and has allowed the EPA to limit those emissions from #vehicles, #PowerPlants and other #industrial sources since 2009. The rollback was widely seen as a major setback to US efforts to combat the #ClimateCrisis.
"The suit was brought by the American Public Health Association [#APHA], #AmericanLungAssociation, the #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, the #EnvironmentalDefenseFund, the #NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil [#NRDC], the #SierraClub and 11 other public health and environmental organizations. The lawsuit was filed by green legal organizations #CleanAirTaskForce and #Earthjustice and it names the EPA and the agency’s administrator, #LeeZeldin, as defendants.
" 'EPA’s repeal of the endangerment finding and #safeguards to limit vehicle emissions marks a complete dereliction of the agency’s mission to protect people’s health and its legal obligation under the #CleanAirAct,' said #GretchenGoldman, president and CEO at the #UnionOfConcernedScientists, another one of the groups behind the lawsuit. 'This shameful and dangerous action by the Trump administration and EPA Administrator Zeldin is rooted in falsehoods not facts and is at complete odds with the public interest and the best available science.' "
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuitArchived version:
https://archive.ph/kp4pY#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #FossilFuelIndustry #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CorporatePolluters
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#EndangermentFinding Stood on #Science
#EPA’s withdrawal of finding that #greenhousegas, by warming the planet, are a clear and present danger to human health and well-being is, of course, a terrible step back from #US efforts to slow #globalwarming.
Even beyond impact on fight against #climatechange, withdrawal of endangerment finding is dramatic demonstration that Trump Admin has discarded any semblance of valuing scientific information in its “leadership” of country.
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From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the #Trump disruptors’
#EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.
By Hannah Northey, Emily Ngo, Josh Siegel and Miranda Willson
04/06/2025Excerpt: "[O]thers who have known Zeldin wonder what happened to the middle-of-the-road lawmaker they once knew, who acknowledged that humans were warming the Earth and bucked Trump’s first administration on offshore oil drilling.
" 'He’s really turned out to be a chameleon in the political landscape,' said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, who is based in Zeldin’s former congressional district. 'He’s always had higher political aspirations, and I believe he has his eyes set on the White House.”
"Green groups on the island say they feel betrayed by the slash-and-burn style Zeldin is bringing to EPA. Sea-level rise poses a serious threat to the low-lying coastal region he calls home, and he had expressed support over the years for shifting to #RenewableEnergy — in contrast to Trump’s pro-#FossilFuel agenda. As a lawmaker, he belonged to the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus and the Conservative Climate Caucus, two blocs that recognize the need to address #GlobalWarming."
#USPol #ClimateChange #EPAFail #ClimateCrisis #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy
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🎶 "I said money, money changes everything
We think we know what we're doin'
That don't mean a thing
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything..."🎵From pro-climate Republican to ‘one of the #Trump disruptors’
#EPA Administrator #LeeZeldin's attacks on his agency's spending and regulations have made him a rising star in the Trump Cabinet, but left some former colleagues mystified.
By Hannah Northey, Emily Ngo, Josh Siegel and Miranda Willson
04/06/2025Excerpt: "Others who have known Zeldin wonder what happened to the middle-of-the-road lawmaker they once knew, who acknowledged that humans were warming the Earth and bucked Trump’s first administration on offshore oil drilling."
#EPAFail #GreenhouseGas #FossilFools #ClimateChange #USPol #WorldPol #Oiligarchy #AirIsLife #WaterIsLife #CorporateColonialism
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The #EndangermentFinding by the #Obama admin is the legal underpinning of nearly all #climate #regulations under the #CleanAirAct for motor vehicles, power plants & other #pollution sources that are heating the planet.
#Legal challenges are certain for an action that repeals all #GreenhouseGas #emissions standards for cars & trucks, & could unleash a broader undoing of climate regulations on stationary sources such as #power plants & #oil & #gas facilities, experts say.
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Repeal of the #EndangermentFinding would remove the regulatory requirements to measure, report, certify, & comply with federal #GreenhouseGas emission standards for cars, but may not initially apply to stationary sources such as power plants, officials told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week.
The transportation & #power sectors are each responsible for around a quarter of #US greenhouse gas output, according to #EPA figures.
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The #Trump admin on Thursday plans to announce the repeal of a scientific finding that #GreenhouseGas #emissions endanger human #health, removing the legal basis for federal #climate #regulations.
The move represents the most sweeping #ClimateChange policy rollback by the admin to date, after a string of regulatory cuts & other moves intended to unfetter #FossilFuel development & stymie the rollout of #CleanEnergy.
#law #PublicHealth #ClimateCrisis #EndangermentFinding
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#EPA Is Barreling Toward a #SupremeCourt #Climate Showdown to repeal a scientific finding that requires it to fight #globalwarming. Experts say the goal is to get the matter before the justices while President Trump is still in office
Determination on #climatechange, known as #endangermentfinding, concluded #carbondioxide, #methane and #greenhousegas are threat to #publichealth. Required gov to regulate gases, which result from burning #fossilfuels
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/climate/epa-endangerment-supreme-court.html
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"#Agricultural runoff provides perfect nutrients for #methanogen growth.
#Fertilizer and animal waste washing into ocean systems creates nutrient-rich zones where these methanogens thrive like never before. #Nitrogen and #phosphorus pollution from farmland creates ideal conditions for explosive #microbial growth in #coastal waters and #DeepOcean areas. These agricultural inputs essentially act as fertilizer for #methane-producing microbes, creating a connection between #IndustrialFarming and atmospheric #GreenhouseGas levels that scientists never fully appreciated.
"Coastal regions near major agricultural areas show the highest concentrations of these supercharged methanogens, with some areas recording methane production levels ten times higher than baseline measurements. The problem compounds itself because areas with intensive farming also tend to have the strongest ocean currents, meaning these fertilized methanogen populations get distributed globally. Every season’s #AgriculturalRunoff creates new opportunities for these microbes to establish thriving colonies in previously stable ocean environments."
#DeepSeaLife #AgriculturalRunoff #BigAg #OceansAreLife #OceanCurrents #OceanMethane
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Satellites Help Tackle Landfill Methane Leaks
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https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Satellites_help_tackle_landfill_methane_leaks <-- shared (ESA) technical article
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https://www.ghgsat.com/en/case-studies/landfill-gas/ <-- details of GHGSat usage for landfill gases
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#ESA ##GHGSat #landfill #methane #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatiotemporal #greenhousegas #emissions #pollution #GlobalMethanePledge #satellite #Copernicus #Sentinel #Sentinel5P #climatechange #MEDUSA #wastemanagement #waste #oilandgas #landfillsites
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#Trump to #BigOil Execs: Give Me $1 Billion and I’ll Help You Wreck the Planet
“You won’t read a more important story today,” said one commentator. “Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion.”
Jake Johnson
May 09, 2024"Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made a straightforward offer to some of the top fossil fuel executives in the United States during a dinner at his #MarALago club last month, which marked the hottest April on record.
According to new reporting, Trump pledged to swiftly gut climate regulations put in place by the Biden administration if the oil and gas industry raises $1 billion for his 2024 presidential campaign.
The “remarkably blunt and transactional pitch,” reported by The Washington Post, was Trump’s latest explicit statement of his intention to give the fossil fuel industry free rein to wreck the planet if he wins a second term in power. Executives from #Exxon, #Chevron, #OccidentalPetroleum, and other prominent fossil fuel companies reportedly attended the Mar-a-Lago dinner.
Late last year, Trump said he would be a dictator on the first day of his second term, vowing to use his executive authority to “close the border” and “drill, drill, drill” for the fossil fuels that are driving global temperatures to catastrophic extremes and imperiling hopes for a livable future.
The Post reported Thursday that Trump said a $1 billion investment in his run against Democratic President Joe Biden would be a “deal” for Big Oil “because of the taxation and regulation they would avoid thanks to him.”
“The contrast between the two candidates on climate policy could not be more stark,” the Post noted. “Biden has called #GlobalWarming an ‘existential threat’ and over the last three years, his administration has finalized 100 new #environmental regulations aimed at cutting #AirPollution and #GreenhouseGas emissions, restricting toxic chemicals, and conserving public lands and waters. In comparison, Trump has called #ClimateChange a ‘hoax,’ and his administration weakened or wiped out more than 125 environmental rules and policies over four years.”
Will Bunch, a columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote in response to the Post‘s reporting that “you won’t read a more important story today.”
“Trump is willing to literally destroy the planet for $1 billion,” Bunch added. "
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-oil-industry-donations#USPol #TrumpLies #ExxonLies #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #Alaska #California #Florida #WaterIsLife #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Oiligarchy #BigOil #FossilFuels #TrumpIsAFossil #TrumpIsAFascist