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Methane to become key criteria for future EU energy imports, official says
New research suggests Saskatchewan's oilpatch emits a potent greenhouse gas at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in North America. Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
international business
Methane emissions from energy sector rose in 2023 despite climate pledges
A study from one of Canada's premiere climate labs says methane emissions from Alberta's natural gas industry are underestimated by almost 50 per cent. Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
energy and resources
U.S. natural gas pipeline accidents pose big, unreported climate threat
FILE PHOTO: A warning sign for a natural gas pipeline is seen in front of natural gas flares at an oil pump site outside of Williston, North Dakota March 11, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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World’s largest cruise ship sets sail, sparking concerns about methane emissions
FILE - Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, sits at dock as it prepares for its inaugural public voyage later this month, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at PortMiami in Miami. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is leaving South Florida on Saturday, Jan. 27, for its first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
opinion
The start of a climate success story
The Editorial Board
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Biogas digesters turn emissions into fuel – so why won’t governments support them?
George Dick, owner and operator of Dicklands Biogas, is seen in the heifer barn in Chilliwack, B.C., on Nov. 2, 2023. (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)
canada
Study finds Alberta underestimates methane emissions by 50 per cent
A study from one of Canada's premiere climate labs says methane emissions from Alberta's natural gas industry are underestimated by almost 50 per cent. Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
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Canadian company launches first commercial satellite to track industrial releases of CO2
Artist's rendering of GHGSAT's new carbon dioxide sensing satellite 'Vangard'.
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The climate-friendly cows bred to belch less methane
Research technician Gail Ritchie conducts methane testing on a cow at the Ontario Dairy Research Centre in Elora, Ontario, Canada, February 24, 2017. Efficient Dairy Genome Project/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
energy and resources
Biden administration launches methane emission task force to boost leak detection
FILE - A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen on a well pad near Watford City, N.D., on Aug. 26, 2021. The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation’s oil and gas leasing program that would raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and strengthen requirements for cleaning up old wells where drilling is completed or abandoned. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
canada
Scientists head to Nunavut island to help solve Mars methane mystery
Astrobiologist Haley Sapers, an adjunct professor at York University in the Lassonde School of Engineering and visiting scientist with the California Institute of Technology, is pictured on Axel Heiberg Island in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Haley Sapers, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Methane big part of ‘alarming’ rise in planet-warming gases
FILE - The Feyzin oil refinery, near Lyon, central France, Nov. 7, 2022. Rising methane levels in the atmosphere in 2022 again played a big part in an overall increase in the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, according to the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
alberta
Saskatchewan’s methane emissions almost four times more than reported, research suggests
Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
rob magazine
One Giant Leap: GHGSat tracks gas emissions from space to help mitigate climate change
opinion
How the oil industry can cut a lot of emissions, quickly and cheaply
The Editorial Board
canada
Methane emissions significantly underestimated, reports suggest
canada
Canadian satellite spies ‘significant’ emission of methane from Quebec landfill site
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Canada, Nigeria target oil and gas methane emissions with new laws
energy and resources
U.S. and EU plan new pledge targeting oil and gas methane emissions: document
world
Canadian satellite captures first direct view of methane leak from Nord Stream pipelines
canada
This gas explosion in Wheatley, Ont., should never have happened
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Globe Climate: How to grow a climate change-fighting garden
world
Eight killed as coal mine shaft in Serbia collapses
international business
New coal mine projects expand global methane emissions by a fifth: report
energy and resources
Methane emissions coming from global energy sector are 70% higher than officially reported: IEA
canada
Ottawa overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
world
Russia names 51 people presumed dead in coal mine accident
world
Death toll in Siberian coal mine blast raised to 52
world
U.S. and China unveil emissions deal in bid to save UN climate talks
canada
COP26 today: More than 100 countries join pledge to cut methane emissions
world
White House eyes new climate change strategies in Biden bill
canada
Greenhouse gas levels show planet veering from climate goal
world
U.S., EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact