It's a pretty amazing thing: satellites that can track real-time greenhouse-gas emissions down to the facility level. Basically, it's going to moot most "measurement & verification" issues -- no one will be able to hide or dissemble about the GHGs they're emitting.

As @[email protected] writes in a piece about Climate Trace, one of its biggest & most enthusiastic backers is @[email protected], who has raised money for it (and helped fund it through his own Generation Management). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-09/world-s-co2-hotspots-pinpointed-by-al-gore-backed-climate-project?leadSource=uverify%20wall

Gore is responsible for elevating this thing from a promising research effort to a full-fledged global project. But how did Gore find out about it? Roston: "Gore read an article about it, contacted them to see how many other sectors might be included, and Climate Trace was born."

An article, you say? What kind of handsome & talented journalist would recognize the significance of this research so early? Let's have a look: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/5/7/18530811/global-power-plants-real-time-pollution-data