The Cool Down on MSN18h
Startling satellite data exposes invisible threat lingering in the air: 'Governments committed billions to technological upgrades'
The emissions intelligence company studied satellite imagery of nearly 277,000 square miles. Startling satellite data exposes ...
High methane emissions from Australian coal mine detected using airborne sensors
Methane emissions from a large open-cast coal mine in Australia are three to eight times higher than reported. This has been ...
Green Queen2d
Grass-Fed Beef A Deceptive Climate ‘Solution’ That Misleads Consumers, Confirms New Study
Grass-fed beef is as bad for the planet as industrial farming, and significantly more carbon-intensive than plant proteins, a ...
The Cool Down4d
Lawmakers spark controversy over push to reverse major 2022 policy — here's what's at stake
Republican senators from oil-rich states are trying to reverse a key methane fee, a move that could significantly undermine ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN7d
Methane-consuming bacteria brews biodegradable plastic, can offer low-cost production
Scientists are exploring a bacteria that consumes methane to produce biodegradable plastics. Called Methylocystis ...
Frontiers7d
Interactions Between Rice Production and Climate Change
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) occupies 11% of global cropland and serves as a crucial staple food for nearly 50% of the world’s ...
This butter wasn’t made from plants or animals—it was made with methane
California-based startup Savor makes fats and oils without any agriculture, and just commercially launched its butter made ...
Devdiscourse8d
Climate-Smart Livestock: Enhancing Productivity While Reducing Carbon Footprint
The report by the World Bank, IFAD, and ILRI outlines strategies for balancing livestock sector growth in Eastern and ...
Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC): A Bull Case Theory
We came across a bullish thesis on Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC) on Substack by The Oak Bloke. In this article, we ...
US LNG exporters stick with methane measures despite EPA rollbacks
U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters, seeking to meet standards of overseas import markets, plan to continue to monitor and ...
Houston Chronicle8d
Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat
During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...
EurekAlert!9d
From pollution to polymer: Methane-munching microbe brews biodegradable plastic at high speed
Genome analysis and protein modeling reveals Methylocystis suflitae's high-efficiency methane-to-PHA conversion (11.90 mg PHA ...