A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here’s why that’s a big deal

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MethaneSAT – led by the Environmental Defense Fund – will have a targeted focus: to spot methane from the oil and gas industry, which leaks at various parts of the fossil fuel production process. Sometimes oil companies deliberately burn methane gas if they can’t pipe it somewhere.

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