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Environmental Innovation|July 21, 2025

MethaneSAT’s Silence Won’t Save Methane Emitters from Scrutiny

In CleanTechnica, Michael Barnard reports on the loss of MethaneSAT, a satellite designed to track methane leaks globally. While the setback drew disappointment, Barnard notes that a wide network of satellites and advanced data tools continue to ensure emissions remain under close watch.

Environmental Innovation|July 17, 2025

Investors Helped Build Europe’s Methane Rules, Now They Must Defend Them

Writing for EDF+Business, Ismael Hernandez Rivera and Suzanne Brady explain how investor pressure helped shape the EU’s pioneering methane regulation. They argue that continued investor engagement is critical to ensure the law’s strong implementation and to counter efforts to weaken it.

Environmental Innovation|July 15, 2025

How MethaneSAT Showed it is Time for Pollution Action to Aim Sky-High

In a feature for the World Economic Forum, Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund reflects on the MethaneSAT project and its bold attempt to monitor methane from space. Despite the satellite’s early failure, he emphasizes the need for ambitious, risk-taking solutions to cut emissions quickly.

Environmental Innovation|July 2, 2025

Methane-Tracking Satellite is Lost but Work to Reduce Pollution Continues

Environmental Defense Fund’s Shanti Menon reports that MethaneSAT has been declared unrecoverable after losing contact. Even so, data already collected will be released, and EDF plans to continue advancing methane reduction through aircraft monitoring, partnerships, and global policy efforts.

Environmental Innovation|June 23, 2025

Opinion: What Environmentalists Like Me Got Wrong

In a New York Times guest essay, veteran environmentalist Carl Pope reflects on his past decision to downplay methane’s role compared with carbon dioxide. He now argues that tackling methane leaks offers one of the fastest and most practical opportunities to reduce near-term warming.

Environmental Innovation|May 7, 2025

Methane Data and Transparency Improve, but Emissions Remain Too High

The International Energy Agency’s Global Methane Tracker 2025 highlights progress in satellite monitoring and data transparency, while warning that emissions from fossil fuels remain stubbornly high. The report notes that cost-effective solutions could reduce emissions significantly and even deliver more usable natural gas to markets.

Environmental Innovation|April 29, 2025

Survey Shows Widespread Public Support for Methane Reductions

A poll commissioned by the Global Methane Hub found strong backing worldwide for efforts to cut methane emissions. With more than three-quarters of respondents in 17 countries in favor, the survey shows public demand for action across agriculture, waste, and energy sectors.

Environmental Innovation|March 20, 2025

US LNG Exporters Stick with Methane Measures Despite EPA Rollbacks

Reuters’ Valerie Volcovici reports that U.S. liquefied natural gas exporters will maintain methane monitoring and reduction efforts despite recent regulatory rollbacks. Exporters cite overseas market requirements, especially in Europe and Asia, as driving continued accountability.

Environmental Innovation|December 12, 2024

How Smarter Cattle Farming Could Curb Methane and Fight Poverty

In The Economist, reporters explore how improved cattle farming practices could both reduce methane emissions and lift smallholder farmers out of poverty. From selective breeding to new feed and waste management technologies, the article highlights opportunities to boost productivity while easing environmental pressures.

Environmental Innovation|July 24, 2024

VIDEO: EDF’s Millie Chu Baird Shares How MethaneSat is Helping to Slow Climate Change

Environmental advocate and Mission Impact Lead for MethaneSat, Millie Chu Baird, details the heat-trapping side effects of a planet full of methane and explains why understanding where it comes from and taking steps to reduce it is the single most important thing we can do to affect climate change in our lifetimes.