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  1. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    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:
    gizmodo.com/satellite-images-r

    Full list:
    stopmethane.substack.com/p/spo

    #MethaneLeaks #MethaneEmissions #WorldPol #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Iran #Venezuela #Texas #Pakistan

    #megaleaks #stopmethaneproject #carbonmapper #us #turkmenistan #authoritarian
  2. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    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:
    gizmodo.com/feds-are-downplayi

    #BigOilAndGas #Oiligarchy #BigOilLies #BigGasLies #USPol #TrumpSucks
    #TrumpsEPA #EPAFail #ClimateChange
    #GlobalWarming

    #methaneleaks #oilfield #methaneemissions #permianbasin #epa #fossilfuel