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Revealed: 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks risk triggering climate tipping points

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Climate crisis | The Guardian
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Methane emissions ‘incredibly cheap’ to cut without needing offsets, safeguard mechanism inquiry told

Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are “incredibly cheap” to cut and companies could improve their financial position by embracing existing technology to stop carbon leaks, an inquiry into the Albanese government’s climate policy has heard

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Inside Climate News
View In: MethaneOil companies collect crude in tanks by their pumps but often vent the methane gas that also comes up out of the ground into the air, unwilling to invest in the infrastructure to capture it.  While the companies pay royalties to landowners for the liquid petroleum they take, no payments are made fo...