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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution

    MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite and first spacecraft owned by an environmental nonprofit, promised to usher…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #EDF #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #methane #methaneemissions #MethaneSAT #PermianBasin #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/454773/

  7. MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution

    MethaneSAT, the world’s most advanced methane-detecting satellite and first spacecraft owned by an environmental nonprofit, promised to usher…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #EDF #EnvironmentalDefenseFund #methane #methaneemissions #MethaneSAT #PermianBasin #Science
    newsbeep.com/us/454773/

  8. I'll be presenting tomorrow at Googl'es #geoforgood Summit in NYC. I am showcasing my team's #MethaneSAT data products on methane emissions from the oil & gas industry.

  9. According to this Slashdot post, Bezos is involved.

    "MethaneSAT, an $88 million satellite backed by Jeff Bezos..."

    That's the first time I've heard his name mentioned in connection with the venture. Why are NZ taxpayers subsidising Bezos?

    Meanwhile Luxon blames Labour and Judith Collins is hiding in a cupboard. That's leadership for you.

    tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/

    @TreeStarMan

    #MethaneSat

  10. Ok, so after millions in government investment, #MethaneSat has gone AWOL, and everybody is running for cover. Meanwhile, Luxon is blaming “the last Labour government” 🤣🤣🤣. #nzpol #climatechange rnz.co.nz/news/political/56688

  11. Sad News: #MethaneSAT Loses Contact with Satellite. This satellite was the oil & gas industry's screaming sweat-soaked nightmare.

    methanesat.org/project-updates

    More info about the first environmental nonprofit satellite: methanesat.org/sites/default/f

  12. Der #Methan-Satellit #MethaneSAT ist nach nur 15 Monaten Betrieb überraschend ausgefallen.

    Der speziell für die Erkennung kleinster #Methanlecks entwickelte Satellit hatte ohne Vorwarnung den Kontakt verloren und ist laut Betreiber wohl nicht mehr zu retten.

    Die Mission galt als wichtiges Werkzeug im Kampf gegen den #Klimawandel. Ein vergleichbares Nachfolgeprojekt ist bisher nicht angekündigt.

    heise.de/news/Wohl-nicht-zu-re

    #Treibhausgas #Satellitenmission #Methanemissionen #Erdbeobachtung

  13. " #Wohl_nicht_zu_retten ":

    #Satellit für #Suche nach #Methanlecks abrupt ausgefallen

    Im #Auftrag einer #Umweltschutzorganisation hat #MethaneSAT mit besonderer Präzision nach #Methanlecks gesucht. Nach 15 Monaten ist nun unerwartet rasch Schluss.
    Das hat die gemeinnützige Umweltorganisation #EDF (Environmental Defense Fund) jetzt mitgeteilt, der Kontakt zu dem #Satelliten namens #MethaneSAT ist demnach bereits am 20. Juni abgebrochen.

    heise.de/news/Wohl-nicht-zu-re

  14. Schock für den Klimaschutz: Der MethaneSAT-Satellit zur Suche nach Methanlecks ist nach nur 15 Monaten plötzlich ausgefallen – Rettung unwahrscheinlich. Ein Rückschlag im Kampf gegen Treibhausgase! 🌍🚀 #MethaneSAT #Klimaschutz #Satellit #Methanlecks #newz

    🔗 heise.de/news/Wohl-nicht-zu-re

    Kurzlink: heise.de/-10474518

  15. Lot of people, including the Govt, will be cheering at this 'incompetence'
    #MethaneSAT.
    ...early hopes that it would reveal new information about New Zealand's methane emissions proved incorrect.
    ...operating the satellite was a major rationale for the government's [$29m] investment.

    [Minister for Gaslighting] Judith Collins has declined to answer questions about the loss of a taxpayer-funded satellite...

    Eloise Gibson working hard at rnz.co.nz/news/business/565709

  16. Isn't "methane" on the US administration's list of banned words? And could this possibly be what's causing the unexplained delays?

    @rogerparkinson

    #MethaneSAT

  17. @kajord I suspect that it's results like those graphed below that are motivating the skepticism of satellite monitoring.... Note the Permian basin are the left two sets of columns

    From:
    methanesat.org/project-updates

  18. Latest images demonstrate MethaneSAT's unique, powerful capabilities | #MethaneSAT methanesat.org/project-updates “Emissions directly quantified by MethaneSAT are significantly greater than reported based on bottom-up estimates. Subtracting non-oil and gas sources, #methane emissions observed in the Permian are still three- to five times greater than estimates by EPA in their 2020 gridded inventory — in line with the data from an aircraft version of MethaneSAT collected in 2023”

  19. "
    MethaneSAT jetzt im Orbit, nachdem SpaceX .. Mission .. gestartet hat. .. Satellit .. von einer gemeinnützigen Umweltorganisation entwickelt .., wird Methanemissionen erkennen, .. ebnet damit den Weg für mehr Verantwortlichkeit und eine schnellere Reduzierung. Eine Pressemitteilung des Environmental Defense Fund.
    "
    raumfahrer.net/environmental-d

    5.4.2024

    #EDF #Falcon9 #Klima #Klimawandel #Methan #MethaneSAT #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Treibhauseffekt #Treibhausgas

  20. #MethaneSAT will measure fossil fuel #methane emissions from wide areas other satellites can't detect & "identify large emitters in places they aren't looking" says US 🇺🇸 NGO Environmental Defense Fund, which developed the satellite with New Zealand's 🇳🇿 Space Agency buff.ly/4cbFMfZ

  21. #Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst #oil and #gas #methane #polluters
    #MethaneSat will provide near-comprehensive global view of leaks of potent #greenhousegas from oil and gas sector, and all of the data will be made public. Methane, aka #naturalgas, is responsible for 30% of #globalheating driving the #climatecrisis. Leaks from the #fossilfuel industry are a major source of human-caused #emissions and stemming these is the fastest single way to curb temperature rises.
    theguardian.com/environment/20

  22. Hey @georgetakei — can we get an Oh My?

    #MethaneSat is a new tool to name and shame the big oil polluters. It’s in space now. You can play with the data.

    Feeling strange tingly feelings right now. I think I need to take a cold shower.

    #Climate #ClimateCrisis

    methanesat.org/

  23. Measuring #methane from space only began in 2009 with the launch of the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, or #GOSAT, by Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency.

    Previously, most of the world’s methane detectors were on the ground in North America.

    GOSAT enabled scientists to develop a more geographically diverse understanding of major sources of methane to the atmosphere.

    Soon after, the Environmental Defense Fund, which led the development of #MethaneSAT, began campaigning for better data on methane emissions.

    Through its own, on-the-ground measurements, the group discovered that the Environmental Protection Agency’s estimates of leaks from U.S. oil and gas operations were totally off.

    EDF took this as a call to action. Because methane has such a strong warming effect, but also breaks down after about a decade in the atmosphere, curbing methane emissions can slow warming in the near-term.

    “Some call it the low hanging fruit,” Steven Hamburg, the chief scientist at EDF leading the MethaneSAT project, said during a press conference on Friday. “I like to call it the fruit lying on the ground. We can really reduce those emissions and we can do it rapidly and see the benefits.”

    But in order to do that, we need a much better picture than what GOSAT or other satellites like it can provide.

    In the years since GOSAT launched, the field of methane monitoring has exploded.

    Today, there are two broad categories of methane instruments in space.

    #Area #flux #mappers, like GOSAT, take global snapshots. They can show where methane concentrations are generally higher, and even identify exceptionally large leaks — so-called “ultra-emitters.” But the vast majority of leaks, big and small, are invisible to these instruments.

    Each pixel in a GOSAT image is 10 kilometers wide. Most of the time, there’s no way to zoom into the picture and see which facilities are responsible.

    #Point #source #imagers, on the other hand, take much smaller photos that have much finer resolution, with pixel sizes down to just a few meters wide. That means they provide geographically limited data — they have to be programmed to aim their lenses at very specific targets. But within each image is much more actionable data.

    But between this extremely wide-angle lens, and the many finely-tuned instruments pointing at specific targets, there’s a gap.

    “It might seem like there’s a lot of instruments in space, but we don’t have the kind of coverage that we need yet, believe it or not,” Andrew Thorpe, a research technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told me. He has been working with the nonprofit #Carbon #Mapper on a new constellation of point source imagers, the first of which is supposed to launch later this yearhand, take much smaller photos that have much finer resolution, with pixel sizes down to just a few meters wide.

    That means they provide geographically limited data — they have to be programmed to aim their lenses at very specific targets. But within each image is much more actionable data.

    For example, #GHGSat, a private company based in Canada, operates a constellation of 12 point-source satellites, each one about the size of a microwave oven. Oil and gas companies and government agencies pay GHGSat to help them identify facilities that are leaking.

    Jean-Francois Gauthier, the director of business development at GHGSat, told me that each image taken by one of their satellites is 12 kilometers wide, but the resolution for each pixel is 25 meters.

    A snapshot of the Permian Basin, a major oil and gas producing region in Texas, might contain hundreds of oil and gas wells, owned by a multitude of companies, but GHGSat can tell them apart and assign responsibility.
    “We’ll see five, 10, 15, 20 different sites emitting at the same time and you can differentiate between them,” said Gauthier.

    “You can see them very distinctly on the map and be able to say, alright, that’s an unlit flare, and you can tell which company it is, too.”

    Similarly, GHGSat can look at a sprawling petrochemical complex and identify the exact tank or pipe that has sprung a leak.

    But between this extremely wide-angle lens, and the many finely-tuned instruments pointing at specific targets, there’s a gap. “It might seem like there’s a lot of instruments in space, but we don’t have the kind of coverage that we need yet, believe it or not,” Andrew Thorpe, a research technologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory told me.

    He has been working with the nonprofit #Carbon #Mapper on a new constellation of point source imagers, the first of which is supposed to launch later this year

    heatmap.news/technology/methan

  24. "MethaneSat’s instrument has a resolution of about 140 metres, compared with Sentinel 5P’s of about six kilometres (3.7 miles), enabling it to monitor the smaller #leaks that combine to make a large part of the total.

    #MethaneSat could also be used in the future to track #methane from coalmines, landfills and farming, which are the other main sources of human-caused emissions."

    theguardian.com/environment/20

  25. SpaceXのTransporter-10のライドシェアフライトには、推進デモや気候変動モニタリング衛星など53機のペイロードが搭載されています。
    https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/03/04/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-falcon-9-rocket-from-vandenberg-on-transporter-10-rideshare-mission/

    SpaceXのTransporter-10ミッションは、Vandenberg宇宙軍基地からFalcon 9ロケットによって打ち上げられる。53個の衛星を搭載し、NASAや民間企業のペイロードも含まれる。地球を周回し、

    メタンの量と源泉を監視するMethaneSATも打ち上げられる。
    #SpaceX #NASA #MethaneSAT

  26. #MethaneSAT potential "game changer"

    Govt of Canada has "some of the most stringent regulations w/ ambitions to cut methane leaked and emitted by oil & gas production by up to 75%, from 2012 levels, by 2030"

    MethaneSAT's mission: to fill "critical data gap" in identifying potent GHG. Able to identify, quantify and attribute #fossilfuel field emission for 80% of global production sites.

    #Methane is:
    🔺 "wildly underreported" by some provinces
    🔺 80x more harmful than CO2

    cbc.ca/news/climate/methanesat

  27. A new #satellite will use #Google’s #AI to map #methane leaks from #space, a collaboration with the nonprofit #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
    It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane #emissions—but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. #MethaneSAT will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from #oil and #gas operations, and Google and #EDF will then map those leaks for use by researchers, #regulators, and the public. technologyreview.com/2024/02/1

  28. A new #satellite will use #Google’s #AI to map #methane leaks from #space, a collaboration with the nonprofit #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
    It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane #emissions—but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. #MethaneSAT will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from #oil and #gas operations, and Google and #EDF will then map those leaks for use by researchers, #regulators, and the public. technologyreview.com/2024/02/1

  29. A new will use ’s to map leaks from , a collaboration with the nonprofit
    It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane —but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from and operations, and Google and will then map those leaks for use by researchers, , and the public. technologyreview.com/2024/02/1

  30. A new #satellite will use #Google’s #AI to map #methane leaks from #space, a collaboration with the nonprofit #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
    It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane #emissions—but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. #MethaneSAT will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from #oil and #gas operations, and Google and #EDF will then map those leaks for use by researchers, #regulators, and the public. technologyreview.com/2024/02/1

  31. A new #satellite will use #Google’s #AI to map #methane leaks from #space, a collaboration with the nonprofit #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
    It could help to form the most detailed portrait yet of methane #emissions—but companies and countries will actually have to act on the data. #MethaneSAT will measure plumes of methane that billow invisibly from #oil and #gas operations, and Google and #EDF will then map those leaks for use by researchers, #regulators, and the public. technologyreview.com/2024/02/1

  32. A new satellite named MethaneSAT is set to launch in 2023 to help tackle methane leaks, which is a significant contributor to global warming. The Environmental Defense Fund is leading this project with the aim of detecting and measuring methane emissions from space. This mission will provide vital data and insights for governments, businesses, and the public, and encourage actions towards reducing methane emissions. #MethaneSAT #MethaneLeaks #ClimateChange

    npr.org/2023/09/02/1197419211/