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Australia’s methane pollution problem is outsized – and probably underestimated
Australia already produces five times as much methane as our population should warrant – but what if some of the biggest emitters are fudging their numbers?
Rachel Williamson

Feb 22, 2023

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Australia praised for methane reductions, but should be prepared for uncomfortable COP
Coal mines will help Australia meet a COP26 methane pledge but developing countries are gearing up to make loss and damage the cause du jour of COP27.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 7, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Prosperity doctrine: Australia rejects global push to cut potent methane emissions
The so-called “prosperity doctrine” of Scott Morrison’s Pentecostal church now seems to be part of Australia’s climate policy.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 28, 2021

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Policy & Planning

How a seaweed supplement can eliminate most emissions from cows and sheep
Australian company will fast-track the production of a seaweed supplement that can almost entirely eliminate methane production by sheep and cows.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 15, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Methane emissions surge to new record in blow to gas lobby
Researchers say growth in gas production, including in Australia, and agriculture responsible for huge rise in methane emissions that put world on path to dangerous levels of global warming.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 15, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Gaslighting on emissions: IEEFA says burning LNG “worse than coal” for climate
New analysis suggests natural gas emissions and their impact on climate change have been dangerously underestimated – so much so that the sector could experience a similar reckoning to that of car maker Volkswagen.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 9, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s new carbon bomb: uncounted coal seam gas emissions
Report warns Australia’s vastly underestimated CSG emissions – potentially equal to entire transport sector – would make Paris targets impossible to meet.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 26, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

UQ researchers find new potential in poo power
UQ developing new technology to extract large amounts of methane from sewerage to power wastewater facilities, potentially making them energy neutral.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 8, 2016

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California’s Aliso Canyon methane leak: climate disaster or opportunity?
While fixing the leak must be a high priority for local, state and federal officials, it should also provide the impetus to tackle the dispersed sources of methane from the oil and natural gas industry.
Daniel Raimi

Jan 20, 2016

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