Satellites traced super methane plumes to Turkmenistan's gas fields

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Satellites traced super methane plumes to Turkmenistan's gas fields
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Methane leaks from two main fossil fuel fields in Turkmenistan caused more global heating last year than all of the carbon emissions in the UK.

Everything you should know about methane as regulations loosen“Methane is responsible for almost half of short-term [climate] warming and has absolutely not been managed up to now – it was completely out of control,” Kayrros president Antoine Rostand,.

“We know where the super emitters are and who is doing it,” he said. “We just need the policymakers and investors to do their job, which is to crack down on methane emissions. There is no comparable action in terms of [reducing] short-term climate impacts.”

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