We have always relied on the oil and gas industry to self-report methane emissions. Now we have independent ways to of measuring those emissions and it turns out they were lying about the emissions. By a lot. The blue lines are actual measurements. The pink are industry numbers.
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Wish we'd had this data back then.
We need to stop drilling new holes in the ground.
But more serious: were you really surprised?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/europe/cop29-azerbaijan-oil-baths.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I was surprised to see anyone is dumb enough to put crude oil on their skin. "Hello, cancer!! Come on in!! "
I agree it is some of the most important info to know and share.
I am so happy that MethaneSAT is in operation at last. I have cover Venezuela's oil industry for almost 20 years and this is the first time we've gotten an overview like this.
Most people have no clue.
We need to organize people to demand change. They need to know first.
#Methane 🔥
🟪reported by industry
vs
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦measured by satellite
Orgs & People in the locations listed across the x-axis may want to know the factual level of pollution.
IEA says: Cut 75% of methane emissions
🙏Thx for reporting on this.
Until executives are made personally liable, nothing will change.
Trump: if we stop covid testing, there is no covid
petro: the logic is sound
https://climatecasechart.com/
I'm shocked! Not really.
Allowing industry to self calculate emissions has to stop
In particular, the McKinzie GOM LNG study used to promote 🇺🇸 LNG development (26:40)
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/drilled/id1439735906?i=1000660222175
An entire atlas of charts—bar graphs, pie graphs, scatter graphs, time trends—could be created with the “amount of lying” label.