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Zefiro Methane Corp To Begin Monitoring Abandoned Conventional Wells For Plugging To Create Emission Offsets

PA Environment Daily

DEP inspection reports show the Zefiro Methane Corp has begun evaluating abandoned conventional wells in Springfield Township, Erie County to be part of its privately-funded effort to plug wells to generate methane emission offsets it will offer for sale. Background On May 17, 2023, Marcellus Drilling News reported Zefiro Methane Corp.

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Corporate Climate Disclosure Rule Could Make the World a Little Less Dangerous

Union of Concerned Scientists

The good news is that this rule meets a lot of the criteria we set, although there are some areas that could be improved. Since the GHG Protocol is also used around the world, using its definitions will help minimize compliance costs while enabling investors to evaluate whether companies are living up to their promises.

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Estimating the impact of ‘eco’ jet fuel: How much could it reduce CO2 emissions by 2050?

Frontiers

Much in the same way that the automotive industry is shifting gears to produce more environmentally-friendly cars to offset the effects of the climate crisis, the aviation sector is trying to find ways to significantly cut down on its CO2 emissions. Estimates suggest that the sector is responsible for about 2.5%

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Senate Hearing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold

PA Environment Daily

There's also a low methane rating, which is really designed to evaluate methane emissions on operations, both at a site and a facility level. Read more here - reducing emissions from conventional gas wells] “The other piece to that is that a state would be required to implement this new plan within 36 months of the due date,” she explained.

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How Does El Niño Affect Fisheries?

Ocean Conservancy

This news makes me uneasy because El Niños traditionally wreak havoc with the climate. As carbon dioxide emissions quickly accelerated over the past 75 years, 90 percent of the heat caused from those emissions has been absorbed by the ocean. In 2022, the warmest year on record for the Northeast Pacific, the U.S.

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Worrying finding in California’s multi-billion-dollar climate initiative reveals problem with using forests to offset CO2 emissions

Frontiers

Researchers have found that California’s forest carbon buffer pool, designed to ensure the durability of the state’s multi-billion-dollar carbon offset program, is severely undercapitalized. This means that the buffer pool is unable to guarantee that credited forest carbon remains out of the atmosphere for at least 100 years.

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Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry

PA Environment Daily

On June 7, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held its third information session on carbon capture technology and covered its job potential, how it could help reach a net-zero carbon emissions goal and the environmental and other impacts and risks. At the conclusion of the meeting, Sen.