farting is an irresponsible expulsion of methane
November 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
farting is an irresponsible expulsion of methane
The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect the environment and public health.
Rules created during the Biden administration to crack down on methane leaks are now being scaled back.
Rules created during the Biden administration to crack down on methane leaks are now being scaled back.
November 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to protect the environment and public health.
Rules created during the Biden administration to crack down on methane leaks are now being scaled back.
Rules created during the Biden administration to crack down on methane leaks are now being scaled back.
The UK backed the Global Methane Pledge at COP26, committing to cut 30% methane by 2030.
Mitigating methane from coal mine shafts is a quick win opportunity.
The proven technology for #MitigatingVAM exists and is now operational at the Aberpergwm colliery near Glynneath.
Mitigating methane from coal mine shafts is a quick win opportunity.
The proven technology for #MitigatingVAM exists and is now operational at the Aberpergwm colliery near Glynneath.
November 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The UK backed the Global Methane Pledge at COP26, committing to cut 30% methane by 2030.
Mitigating methane from coal mine shafts is a quick win opportunity.
The proven technology for #MitigatingVAM exists and is now operational at the Aberpergwm colliery near Glynneath.
Mitigating methane from coal mine shafts is a quick win opportunity.
The proven technology for #MitigatingVAM exists and is now operational at the Aberpergwm colliery near Glynneath.
A lake star I saw on Ballaine Lake brought me to methane bubbles and Jupiter's moon Europa. My latest article in Field Notes from the North: lwpetersen.substack.com/p/methane-bu...
Methane Bubble Lake Star
Ballaine Lake to Jupiter’s Europa
lwpetersen.substack.com
November 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A lake star I saw on Ballaine Lake brought me to methane bubbles and Jupiter's moon Europa. My latest article in Field Notes from the North: lwpetersen.substack.com/p/methane-bu...
'life, liberty, and methane.'
November 4, 2026 at 3:48 AM
'life, liberty, and methane.'
New paper shows high GHG footprint for H2 made from methane pyrolysis
pubs.rsc.org/ee/article/d...
@mzjacobson.bsky.social & I (2021) also found high footprint for "blue" H2 made by classic SMR technology & CO2 capture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
H2 from methane is simply a bad idea.
pubs.rsc.org/ee/article/d...
@mzjacobson.bsky.social & I (2021) also found high footprint for "blue" H2 made by classic SMR technology & CO2 capture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
H2 from methane is simply a bad idea.
November 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
New paper shows high GHG footprint for H2 made from methane pyrolysis
pubs.rsc.org/ee/article/d...
@mzjacobson.bsky.social & I (2021) also found high footprint for "blue" H2 made by classic SMR technology & CO2 capture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
H2 from methane is simply a bad idea.
pubs.rsc.org/ee/article/d...
@mzjacobson.bsky.social & I (2021) also found high footprint for "blue" H2 made by classic SMR technology & CO2 capture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
H2 from methane is simply a bad idea.
Colorado methane pollution rules won’t change — even if federal regulations are rolled back
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
Colorado methane pollution rules won’t change — even if federal regulations are rolled back
Newly adopted state regulatory framework against potent emissions mirrors the regulations the Trump administration has proposed eased
coloradosun.com
November 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Colorado methane pollution rules won’t change — even if federal regulations are rolled back
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
Rolling back methane emissions standards is another attack on our land, water and air.
This administration keeps putting our communities at risk by weakening critical protections and threatening our public lands.
This administration keeps putting our communities at risk by weakening critical protections and threatening our public lands.
Trump Loosens Rules for Oil Firms to Cut Methane, a Potent Warming Gas
The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rolling back methane emissions standards is another attack on our land, water and air.
This administration keeps putting our communities at risk by weakening critical protections and threatening our public lands.
This administration keeps putting our communities at risk by weakening critical protections and threatening our public lands.
First of all, Blue Hydrogen requires even more methane than regular old hydrogen manufacturing bc methane is used to power the carbon capture machinery.
CO2 emissions are somewhat lower for the blue stuff, but its methane leaks are higher, and methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas.
CO2 emissions are somewhat lower for the blue stuff, but its methane leaks are higher, and methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas.
November 1, 2026 at 3:26 PM
First of all, Blue Hydrogen requires even more methane than regular old hydrogen manufacturing bc methane is used to power the carbon capture machinery.
CO2 emissions are somewhat lower for the blue stuff, but its methane leaks are higher, and methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas.
CO2 emissions are somewhat lower for the blue stuff, but its methane leaks are higher, and methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas.
derweil:
Regulation zu extrem klimaschädlichen Methanlecks soll in USA und EU gelockert/verschoben werden. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung von #Merz, #Reiche und Erdöllobby.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
Regulation zu extrem klimaschädlichen Methanlecks soll in USA und EU gelockert/verschoben werden. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung von #Merz, #Reiche und Erdöllobby.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
Trump Loosens Rules for Oil Firms to Cut Methane, a Potent Warming Gas
The Biden administration had sought to crack down on methane leaks, a big driver of climate change. Those rules are now being scaled back.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
derweil:
Regulation zu extrem klimaschädlichen Methanlecks soll in USA und EU gelockert/verschoben werden. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung von #Merz, #Reiche und Erdöllobby.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
Regulation zu extrem klimaschädlichen Methanlecks soll in USA und EU gelockert/verschoben werden. Mit tatkräftiger Unterstützung von #Merz, #Reiche und Erdöllobby.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/c...
DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
The cuts, compounded by the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act grants, deepen decades of federal underinvestment in Indian Country.
dlvr.it
November 2, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The Texas Railroad Commission which can end the world's largest uncontrolled methane leaks which TX considers ancilliary to some bullshit rr job.
November 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The Texas Railroad Commission which can end the world's largest uncontrolled methane leaks which TX considers ancilliary to some bullshit rr job.
President Trump doing the oil industry a big solid, ending limits on methane leaks: apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling
President Donald Trump says he's “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to reduce planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling.
apnews.com
November 1, 2026 at 10:35 PM
President Trump doing the oil industry a big solid, ending limits on methane leaks: apnews.com/article/trum...
@wsj.com's editorial board weighed in on Trump’s rollback of methane standards for the oil & gas sector. Here are four key points they got wrong. 🧵
Opinion | Trump Scores on Methane Regulation
The EPA overturns a costly Biden rule on natural gas drilling.
www.wsj.com
November 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
@wsj.com's editorial board weighed in on Trump’s rollback of methane standards for the oil & gas sector. Here are four key points they got wrong. 🧵
Enabling pollution. Donald Trump announced earlier this week that he is “terminating” Biden-era methane rules that required oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks at their facilities. Methane is among the most potent forms of carbon emissions and a hazard to human health. buff.ly/pqhZJ6P
Trump says government to ‘terminate’ Biden-era methane emissions rules
Critics warn of climate danger as president in Texas claims change will save companies and consumers billions
buff.ly
October 31, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Enabling pollution. Donald Trump announced earlier this week that he is “terminating” Biden-era methane rules that required oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks at their facilities. Methane is among the most potent forms of carbon emissions and a hazard to human health. buff.ly/pqhZJ6P
Thanks to #JWST, astronomers have detected infrared emission from methane on W1935, a brown dwarf located 47 ly away which is cold and lacks a host star.
This unexpected result suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes.
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
🔭🧪⚛️ #planetsci #astronomy
This unexpected result suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes.
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
🔭🧪⚛️ #planetsci #astronomy
November 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Thanks to #JWST, astronomers have detected infrared emission from methane on W1935, a brown dwarf located 47 ly away which is cold and lacks a host star.
This unexpected result suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes.
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
🔭🧪⚛️ #planetsci #astronomy
This unexpected result suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes.
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
🔭🧪⚛️ #planetsci #astronomy
"Natural gas" and "LNG" were always methane and liquid methane.
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
(Liquid) Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
It's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #bcpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
(Liquid) Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
It's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #bcpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
November 1, 2026 at 7:08 PM
"Natural gas" and "LNG" were always methane and liquid methane.
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
(Liquid) Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
It's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #bcpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
(Liquid) Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
It's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #bcpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
"Natural gas" and "LNG" were always methane and liquid methane.
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
Liquid Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
Mr. Carney, it's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
Liquid Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
Mr. Carney, it's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
November 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Natural gas" and "LNG" were always methane and liquid methane.
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
Liquid Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
Mr. Carney, it's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
Natural gas is "a nothing term", pure hogwash.
Liquid Methane is what it is, climate risks included.
Mr. Carney, it's Liquid Methane Canada, Woodfibre Liquid Methane, Cedar Liquid Methane etc.
#cndpoli #KillOilAndLiquidMethane
But they would STILL belch/fart methane gas!! 🤢
November 4, 2026 at 6:48 AM
But they would STILL belch/fart methane gas!! 🤢
The 2024 federal methane rule provides a roadmap to cut pollution from a major methane source: oil & gas. Colorado has already adopted these standards and proven methane reductions, including from marginal wells, are achievable. Why go backward? @momscleanairforce.org
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
Colorado methane pollution rules won’t change — even if federal regulations are rolled back
Newly adopted state regulatory framework against potent emissions mirrors the regulations the Trump administration has proposed eased
coloradosun.com
November 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The 2024 federal methane rule provides a roadmap to cut pollution from a major methane source: oil & gas. Colorado has already adopted these standards and proven methane reductions, including from marginal wells, are achievable. Why go backward? @momscleanairforce.org
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
coloradosun.com/2026/11/02/c...
In an ideal world maybe, but in an ideal world we wouldn't be running these things on methane either.
October 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
In an ideal world maybe, but in an ideal world we wouldn't be running these things on methane either.
Beware accounting tricks that let governments & companies do what they’ve always done (or not very much) & claim they are helping the climate.
It’s widely acknowledged that methane emissions need to significantly fall—and cutting methane can rapidly reduce warming while we reduce CO2 emissions too.
It’s widely acknowledged that methane emissions need to significantly fall—and cutting methane can rapidly reduce warming while we reduce CO2 emissions too.
‘Bookkeeping Trick’ and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say - Inside Climate News
New reports say more robust and accurate accounting of livestock-based emissions should underpin the all-out effort needed to slow global warming.
insideclimatenews.org
November 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Beware accounting tricks that let governments & companies do what they’ve always done (or not very much) & claim they are helping the climate.
It’s widely acknowledged that methane emissions need to significantly fall—and cutting methane can rapidly reduce warming while we reduce CO2 emissions too.
It’s widely acknowledged that methane emissions need to significantly fall—and cutting methane can rapidly reduce warming while we reduce CO2 emissions too.
@anthonymoser.com is correct: stealing work using Sam Altman's methane fuelled stealing program is rude, and it deserves a rude response.
We've done this to thieves for so so long and we shouldn't stop now.
We've done this to thieves for so so long and we shouldn't stop now.
November 1, 2026 at 7:24 AM
@anthonymoser.com is correct: stealing work using Sam Altman's methane fuelled stealing program is rude, and it deserves a rude response.
We've done this to thieves for so so long and we shouldn't stop now.
We've done this to thieves for so so long and we shouldn't stop now.
The models find a useful trade-off. Disequilibrium chemistry reduces methane opacity and boosts the inversion, cutting the energy required.
Heating placed deeper in the atmosphere matches the observed methane emission better than heating kept only at the top.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.17016
Heating placed deeper in the atmosphere matches the observed methane emission better than heating kept only at the top.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.17016
Understanding the Energy Input Required for Methane Emission on CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3: A Comprehensive Analysis
The Y dwarf WISE 1935 exhibits a thermal inversion in its radiative atmosphere, producing methane emission features in its JWST spectrum, but the physical mechanism responsible for this inversion rema...
arxiv.org
November 2, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The models find a useful trade-off. Disequilibrium chemistry reduces methane opacity and boosts the inversion, cutting the energy required.
Heating placed deeper in the atmosphere matches the observed methane emission better than heating kept only at the top.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.17016
Heating placed deeper in the atmosphere matches the observed methane emission better than heating kept only at the top.
arxiv.org/abs/2608.17016
The Ks photometry is interesting because of the deep methane absorption at 2.3 microns, I'm not sure about the z-band analysis. I don't know much of methane absorption there. I think it's the 2.3 microns that's saying there isn't much methane or at least there isn't as big of a drop as Eris/Makemake
November 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The Ks photometry is interesting because of the deep methane absorption at 2.3 microns, I'm not sure about the z-band analysis. I don't know much of methane absorption there. I think it's the 2.3 microns that's saying there isn't much methane or at least there isn't as big of a drop as Eris/Makemake