In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Nikos Zirogiannis, an assistant professor at Indiana University, about excess emissions of air pollutants—emissions that exceed the legal limits. Zirogiannis discusses some potential causes of excess emissions, the health effects of excess emissions, and the gaps in policy and data that could be addressed to help prevent these dangerous events.

References and recommendations:

“Excess Emissions: Environmental Impacts, Health Effects, and Policy Debate” by Alex Hollingsworth, David M. Konisky, and Nikolaos Zirogiannis; https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/723885

“Residents Must Stay Indoors After Texas Chemical Fire” by Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder; https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-03-21/deer-park-texas-residents-ordered-to-stay-inside-after-chemical-fire

“The Big Myth” by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway; https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/big-myth-9781635573572/

Consequences of Unplanned and Under-Measured Air Pollution, with Nikos Zirogiannis

Une start-up chinoise bat l’américain SpaceX dans sa course aux étoiles. La fusée porteuse propulsée au méthane Zhuque2 a pu décoller ce matin depuis le désert de Gobi. C’est la première fois que ce type d’engin à haute performance et faible coût d’exploitation est mise en orbite. 

Un nuage de flammes embrase les sables du désert de Gobi -lien https://haokan.baidu.com/v?pd=wisenatural&vid=6733498184705631182-; la longue fusée blanche de 49, 5 mètres de long et de 3,35 mètres de diamètre et avec une capacité de charge de 6 tonnes, s’arrache lentement du sol. Explosion de joie des ingénieurs de LandSpace debout dans leur combinaison au centre de contrôle. Comme les Terran 1 de Relativity Space et Starship de SpaceX aux Etats-Unis, le premier essai chinois de mise en orbite d’un engin porteur au méthane a échoué le 14 décembre dernier. Cette fois, le pari est réussi et les médias d’état célèbrent le fait d’avoir battu de vitesse les concurrents américains et notamment avant Musk connu ici pour ses voitures électriques, autant que pour ses ambitions spatiales. LandSpace ou Lan Jian Hang Tian ((la fusée bleue qui voyage dans l’espace en mandarin)) est une compagnie privée chinoise crée en 2015 et basée à Pékin. Les tests des propulseurs tianque-12 atteignant une poussée de 268 tonnes, ont commencé en 2019, souligne le SCMP -https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3227378/china-beats-spacex-worlds-first-methane-powered-rocket-launch?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter-. Comme souvent en Chine, le nom de la rocket s’inspire de la mythologie et du zodiac chinois : Zhuque que l’on peut traduire par « moineau écarlate » fonctionne au gaz naturel, qui selon les experts est un combustible à hautes efficacité et qui serait plus respectueux de l’environnement.

Une start up chinoise bat spaceX dans la course aux fusées de méthane 12.072023 2023

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Eric Kort, an associate professor at the University of Michigan, about methane emissions from the US oil and gas industry. Kort discusses the emissions that occur during the extraction of oil and gas at onshore and offshore facilities, aerial methods of measuring these emissions and identifying methane leaks, and the increasing concentration of methane in the atmosphere.

References and recommendations:

“Excess methane emissions from shallow water platforms elevate the carbon intensity of US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production” by Alan M. Gorchov Negron, Eric A. Kort, Yuanlei Chen, Adam R. Brandt, Mackenzie L. Smith, Genevieve Plant, Alana K. Ayasse, Stefan Schwietzke, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, Catherine Hausman, and Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza; https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2215275120

“Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth” by Oliver Jeffers; https://www.oliverjeffers.com/here-we-are

How Leaky is the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry?, with Eric Kort

Methane expert Peter Rayner on Australia’s potent climate problem, and a solution. Plus: Origin’s black hole, Genex deals and big battery bids.

Australia’s methane problem

"Five Martian Mysteries That Have Scientists Scratching Their Heads" by Matthew R. Francis
Published on Eos.org on 3 November 2023

Audio recording by Emily Dieckman

Five Martian Mysteries That Have Scientists Scratching Their Heads

Blofeld used in multimode throughout the whole album. Here it is the bass arp + 2 other patches (perc fx/pad). The metallic sound being modulated by a Kaoss minipad during this track is “Multi” from a Vermona DRM-1 mk iv.

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The War in Israel Comes for U.S. Water Systems. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Headlines:

A group called “Cyber Av3ngers” attacked a municipal water system in Pennsylvania, saying “Down with Israel.”

The COP28 climate summit opened last week with an agreement to establish a historic loss and damage fund to help poorer countries.

Using plants to put an end to “period poverty.”

Bottlenose dolphins have a newly discovered shocking sense.

This Week in Water for December 3, 2023

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Welcome to a wild ride into “Necrocapitalism” - cutting observations by Greek scientist and author George Tsakraklides.  Then more worrying news about methane: frozen under the deep sea around every continent, methane can melt, migrate and release closer to shore.  A new discovery from Petroleum Geologist and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University Richard Davies.  It all wraps up with my short-take on French Situationalist Guy DeBord and “Society of the Spectacle”.  You are living in it.

Spectacle, Necrocapitalism, & Methane

Cornell Professor Robert Howarth returns to Radio Ecoshock reporting the whole Liquefied Natural Gas process leaks so much methane it may be worse than coal for the climate.  Oxford Professor Raymond Pierrehumbert tells us methane worries are overblown.  Carbon dioxide is the real threat driving Earth to a horrible Hothouse state.

Methane: Monster Or Myth?

-A record number of fires threat the Amazon this year 
-MethaneSAT, built to detect methane from .
-2.5 million Americans left their homes because of Extreme Weather
-World's largest coral reef ecosystems threatened
-Texas increased its solar capacity by 3,700% ranks 3rd in U.S. 
-Heinz creates a new version of its plastic bottle cap that's recyclable  
-Groundbreaking discovery, of a novel paint technology for insulation

GaiaGram #198 Master  Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

In the next episode of the Energy Connects podcast, Editor-in-Chief Chiranjib Sengupta speaks to Ben Cahill, Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), for a broad discussion on the latest advances in the global LNG landscape, energy security and curbing emissions.

Ben explains why the current US LNG pause could matter globally in the post-2030 capacity dynamics, the immediate ripple effects of the decision, and how the LNG sector and the energy industry in general is pursuing the pathway to a lower-carbon future. He also touches on the impact of clean energy initiatives such as the Global Methane Pledge and the Oil & Gas Decarbonisation Charter on the industry.

Long-term LNG demand to reshape global export capacity growth

Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz announced new funding for testing methane emissions reduction technologies. 
Learn more: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=90602B9C3FF43-0534-88CC-C3D63623C5455C54

Supporting methane emissions reductions - July 3, 2024

This week’s guest Vandana Shiva says it is no longer climate “change” but “climate havoc”. Then U. of California Distinguished Professor Michael Prather: methane stays in the atmosphere longer than we were told. Dr. Michael Polanyi on logging industry myths Canada tells the world, more self-delusion on emissions driving disruption of the atmosphere.  I’m Alex Smith with three interviews, let’s go.

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Host Stuart Fieldhouse meets Zefiro Methane [CBOE:ZEFI] [ETR:Y6B] CFO Mohit Gupta to discuss the challenge of methane emissions, as many thousands of uncapped wells leak this harmful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.  They talk about US Government grants, generating carbon credits as a by-product and future plans for the business.

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00:00 Intro to Zefiro
03:18 Scale of the challenge with methane
05:19 Why the focus on a small number of US states?
07:36 The integration of Plants & Goodwin
09:04 US Government cash
10:39 Generating carbon credits
13:38 How do carbon registries work?
15:02 How is the company doing financially?
16:46 About the management team
18:03 Future plans
24:24 Skepticism about carbon credits

Tackling methane emissions and generating carbon credits with Mohit Gupta | Ep.123

In this podcast episode, John Teahan, CFA, discusses the critical issue of methane emissions and their impact on climate change with Dr Sam Cornish, transition research specialist at The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change ( IIGCC). They explore the sources of methane and its role in global warming, the challenges of measuring and reporting emissions, and the regulatory landscape that surrounds methane. Sam concludes with some useful strategies for mitigating methane emissions.

For more information on IIGCC’s work on research, please visit https://www.iigcc.org/resources/momentum-addressing-methane-emissions-fossil-fuel-ops

Episode 18: The methane effect

In this episode of the Energy Connects podcast, host Chiranjib Sengupta speaks to Mandeep Narang, Director of Operations at Cairn Oil and Gas Vedanta Limited, about the critical role of sustainability in the hydrocarbon industry and how organisations can balance energy production with environmental responsibility.

As the first private organisation to sign onto the United Nations Environment Programme’s Methane Reporting and Reduction Initiative, Cairn is setting a new standard for responsible energy practices. The episode explores the strategies, innovations, and commitments that are shaping the company’s approach to reducing its hydrocarbon footprint while ensuring long-term sustainability.

Driving sustainability: Cairn’s path to net zero by 2030

In this week’s episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Resources for the Future Fellow Brian C. Prest about the effects of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. As the world’s leading exporter of LNG, the United States has been ramping up capacity to produce and transport LNG to meet global demand. Prest describes how this increasing trend affects domestic oil and gas prices and the extent to which the federal government influences the production of oil and gas. He also discusses the global and domestic effects of increasing LNG production and exports on emissions, including which kinds of energy US LNG exports are substituting or displacing in other countries, variation in methane emissions across different sites of gas production, and the social cost of these methane emissions.

References and recommendations:

“Where Does the Marginal Methane Molecule Come From? Implications of LNG Exports for US Natural Gas Supply and Methane Emissions” by Brian C. Prest; https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/where-does-the-marginal-methane-molecule-come-from-implications-of-lng-exports-for-us-natural-gas-supply-and-methane-emissions/

“The greenhouse gas footprint of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exported from the United States” by Robert W. Howarth; https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ese3.1934

“Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet” by Hannah Ritchie; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hannah-ritchie/not-the-end-of-the-world/9780316536752/

Economic and Environmental Effects of Natural Gas Exports, with Brian Prest

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Brillman has been an electronic online musician during the last 20 years using many different names: Brillman, Controlfreak, freakcontrol, Red Karma, Atmosphere, Zero Loop, Pan64, Randomcontrol, geometric delay and Superfreak! Brillman mainly creates original sounds from hardware synths but also uses guitar, samplers, vocals or even poetry. He primarily utilizes a 4 to the floor approach. The aesthetics behind the music is about finding a balance between minimalism vs. depth & improvisation vs. programmed.

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Influences: Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, The Associates, Joy Division, Roxy Music, Bowie, Chemical Brothers, Frank Zappa, Hendrix, ELP, Polygon Window, G. Mahler, A. Bruckner, L.V. Beethoven, E. Satie, FSOL, The Orb, Laurie Anderson, Vangelis, Underworld, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, Miles Davis, Massive Attack, Black Sabbath, Prince, Sade, Etienne de Crecy, Daft Punk, Plastikman, Monolake, Japan, Pink Floyd, Resistance D, Talking Heads, Hawkwind, J.M.Jarre…

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Synthesizers used (past or present):

Kawai K4
Korg Wavestation
Korg Wavestation SR
Kawai K3m
Kawai K4r
Yamaha AN200
Yamaha DX-7
Yamaha TG-500
Oberheim Matrix 1000
Roland SC-55
Roland JV1010
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Korg MS2000r
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Korg Kaossilator
E-MU Mophatt
E-MU Planet Earth
E-MU Proteus 1/2
E-MU Proteus 2000
Vermona DRM-1 mk iv
Waldorf Blofeld
Waldorf Pulse 2
Moog Subharmonicon
Moog Labyrinth
Freebass FB-383
Behringer TD3
Behringer Neutron
Behringer model D
Behringer K2
Behringer Syncussion SY-1
Arturia Microbrute
Arturia Minibrute 2s
Arturia Microfreak
Elektron Cycles
Elektron Digitone
Behringer Crave
Novation Mininova
Clavia Micro modular
Clavia Nord rack 2
Access Virus Snow
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