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HBS Professor Michael Toffel Discusses MethaneSAT with Fred Krupp

Harvard Business School Professor Michael Toffel discussed MethaneSAT with Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on July 31, 2024.
News Methane
Tue, Sep 3, 2024

HEEP Director Robert Stavins Moderates Climate Action Week Panel on “Strategies for Mitigating Global Methane Emissions”

Read more about the panel and access the recording.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Harvard Climate Action Week Methane
Thu, Jul 11, 2024
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Research Brief: African Rice Cultivation and Methane Emissions 

The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, supported by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, has released a Research Brief titled “Updating Estimates of Methane Emissions: Rising Emissions in Africa from Rice Agriculture.” The Brief summarizes research by Professor Daniel Jacob and postdoctoral fellow Zichong Chen, atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, with their colleagues. The researchers found that rapidly increasing lowland rice agriculture in Africa could be contributing significantly to the current rise in global methane emissions.
Cluster Research News White Paper Methane
Mon, Apr 29, 2024

Op-Ed: Your Laptop Will Soon Fight Climate Change

Read Steven Wofsy's op-ed in The Boston Globe on what MethaneSAT, the new methane-mapping satellite, will mean for global methane emissions reductions.
News Methane
Fri, Mar 29, 2024
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A New Era in Space-Based Methane-Emissions Detection

On March 4, 2024 MethaneSAT – an innovative space-based system for detecting methane emissions and identifying their sources – launched on a SpaceX rocket from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California.
Action Accelerator Cluster Research News Methane
Thu, Mar 14, 2024
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Methane sensors are finding dangerous pollutants in low-income neighborhoods

When methane leaks, it is often accompanied by other toxins more hazardous to human health. New remote sensing technologies help stop both at the source.
Cluster Research News Harvard Research Methane
Wed, Mar 13, 2024

Research Brief: EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules

The Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions has released a research brief titled “EPA’s Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Methane Emission Rules.” The brief provides an account of the recent evolution of regulation in the United States to address methane emissions from landfills. An earlier version of the brief was prepared in support of a convening on methane emissions from landfills conducted by the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program (EELP) in January 2024. The workshop –and the brief – were supported by the Salata Institute through the Harvard Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions. The brief was written by Carrie Jenks and Hannah Dobie, Executive Director and Staff Attorney, respectively, at EELP.
Cluster Research News White Paper Methane
Mon, Mar 11, 2024

How Reducing Methane Emissions will Slow Climate Change

In a Q&A with Professor Rob Stavins, Emily Chien of the Harvard Social Impact Review explores the massive, short-term climate benefits of tackling methane pollution and the progress being made — including this week's launch of MethaneSAT.
News Methane
Tue, Mar 5, 2024

Global and US Methane Emissions Reduction Progress

Jody Freeman, Archibald Cox Professor and Director of the Environment & Energy Law Program (EELP) at Harvard Law School, hosted a podcast on December 28, 2023 that provided an insightful and wide-ranging overview of global and U.S. developments in reducing methane emissions.
Cluster Research News Harvard Research Methane
Tue, Feb 13, 2024

Methane Initiative Collaborator Releases Legal Analysis of IRA's Methane Fee

Carrie Jenks, a legal scholar participating in the Salata Institute Initiative on Reducing Global Methane Emissions, has posted a brief titled “The Inflation Reduction Act’s Waste Emission Charge for Methane Emissions—What Did Congress Require and How is EPA Proposing to Implement the Program?” Jenks is Executive Director of Harvard Law School’s Environment and Energy Law Program, which released the brief.
Cluster Research News White Paper Methane
Tue, Feb 6, 2024

In E&E News: Harvard Study Documents 'Extreme' Methane Bursts

Featured today in E&E News: New Harvard-led research demonstrates a new method of methane emissions monitoring, revealing massive methane releases over short periods of time, including an extreme 3-hour methane release from a natural gas pipeline in Durango, Mexico.
Cluster Research News Methane
Tue, Jan 2, 2024

Harvard delegates reflect on COP28

Faculty returning from Dubai discuss their experiences at COP28, and how attending propels their ongoing efforts to forge climate solutions.
Cluster Research News COP28 Methane
Wed, Dec 13, 2023