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Podcast: Digital Innovations in Oil and Gas with Geoffrey Cann
Episode: MethaneSat: The Latest Digital Bludgeon With Which To Beat Up Oil and Gas
Description: A brand new digital bludgeon whose nearly sole purpose is to beat up on the oil and gas industry, is about to be launched. As usual, this is both bad and good news. The global oil and gas industry is the single largest source of avoidable methane emissions, emitting 80 million tons per year through venting, flaring, and unintentional losses (fugitive emissions). These Scope 1 emissions represent the fastest pathway for the gas industry to meet pressing climate targets. MethaneSat will be able to detect emissions at lower concentrations, from smaller sites, more frequently, and with greater a...