natural gas

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a cow burping into a vacuum labeled methane

Enbridge Renewable Natural Gas A 1% Greenwashing Rounding Error

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America. When that … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a cow with a big bubble labeled "Methane" coming out of its mouth

Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a house of cards with hydrogen supported at the top

$360M Discrepancy In Brampton Transit Study: Hydrogen Mix Falsely Positioned As Lower Cost Option

In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hydrogen for urban transit in contradiction of global evidence of failure. A contact forwarded me a more detailed study that they’d done for the … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a helicopter with a methane detecting flir camera flying over the Permian Basin and detecting methane leaks

Stop Emitting Nasty GHG Methane & It Will Disappear From Air In Our Lifetime

Methane is so hot right now. Well, it’s making the world a lot hotter, because it’s a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and we’ve been increasing the amount we’re dumping into the air. That’s not a good kind of hot. The United States is the worst emitter … [continued]

ChatGPT generated anoramic image of a diesel burning locomotive pulling oil and coal cars with American flags on the side

Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of Hong Kong strangled by gas and hydrogen pipelines with thin green paint dripping off of them

Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated create a panoramic image of an infrared view of methane leaking from a natural gas processing facility, dollar signs in the plume

US Industrial Natural Gas Consumers Could See 56% Higher Bills With Methane Leak Price

Remarkably, in 2022 the USA managed to get a greenhouse gas price through Congress. It wasn’t on carbon dioxide, the biggest problem, but it was on methane, the second biggest greenhouse gas problem we humans create. Perhaps more remarkably, it was explicitly on the oil and gas industry and excluded … [continued]