Like #Brazil, #Guyana, #Suriname, #Venezuela, #Ecuador, #Mexico, and some #Caribbean nations, #Argentina, under President #JavierMilei’s #ClimateCrisis-denying administration, is gambling that its next decades’ economic and social development will come from #FossilFuels and minerals.

Argentina’s future lies in the balance as vast #oilfields poised for extraction
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/11/argentinas-future-lies-in-the-balance-as-vast-oilfields-poised-for-extraction

@anlomedad @mcqueen @mho

Impact of #Methane on #GlobalWarming

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#ISS contributes to solutions for #ClimateChange

It is not just from underwater #OilFields (1) that the #GreenhouseGas #methane is leaking en masse. It is also emitted by #volcanoes (2).

Leaks from continental #FossilFuel #fields are enormous, too:

"‘Mind-boggling’ methane #emissions from #Turkmenistan revealed
..#leaks of potent greenhouse gas."

In contrast to the volcanoes 🌋,...

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https://mst.mineown.de/@anlomedad/110363129429783512

@primonatura Excellent! Now if other countries could follow suit.

In Push to Find Methane Leaks, Satellites Gear Up for the Hunt

Stemming the methane leaks from #landfills, #oil fields, natural gas #pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming. New satellites are bolstering this urgent mission by pinpointing emitters of this potent greenhouse gas from space.

By Cheryl Katz • June 15, 2021

"Methane-hunting satellites have made a number of concerning discoveries. Among them: Despite the pandemic, methane emissions from oil and gas operations in #Russia rose 32 percent in 2020. Satellites also observed sizeable releases from gas pipelines in #Turkmenistan, a landfill in #Bangladesh, a natural gas field in #Canada, and coal mines in the U.S. #Appalachian Basin.

"The methane concentration in Earth’s atmosphere has been surging over the past half-decade, the NOAA Annual Greenhouse Gas Index shows. And despite the pandemic, 2020 saw the biggest one-year jump on record. The causes of the recent spike are unclear, but could include natural gas fracking, increased output from methane-producing microbes spurred by rising temperatures, or a combination of human-caused and natural forces."

#Methane #GreenhouseGas #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #OilFields #Fracking #Siberia #Kazakhstan

https://e360.yale.edu/features/in-push-to-find-methane-leaks-satellites-gear-up-for-the-hunt

Ali died days before he could challenge BP’s CEO on the dangers of gas flaring

The 21-year-old Iraqi, who lived by a smoke-choked oilfield, died of cancer before he got to address the fossil fuel giant’s shareholders.

His message must be heard.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/27/ali-smoke-choked-bp-oilfield-death-gas-flaring

#BP #FossilFuels #cancer #CorporateTerrorism #pollution #BritishPetroleum #CorporateManslaughter #Iraq #oilfields #CorporateGreed #greed #PeopleNotProfits

@scottwahlstrom @aarnegranlund just to keep oil flowing into the #worldeconomy at a steady rate, an annual production decline of 5-7% from existing #oilfields would need to be compensated by new projects. That rate of #replenishment isn’t happening today, and it probably won’t in the future. O&G companies squeezing their current assets for max profitability can‘t mask the resource challenge we‘re running into. Societal reaction to it is unclear.

https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/70_2019.pdf