April 2021 – Our Fragile Earth

INACTIVE OIL WELLS ACTIVATING METHANE

Annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas (AOG) wells in Canada and the US have been greatly underestimated –[…]

H55, the Swiss battery venture, is partnering with Vancouver, B.C.-based Harbour Air Seaplanes and Everett, Wash.-based magniX on their project[…]

Partial photo: Benjamin Lizardo California’s annual burn season has lengthened in the past two decades, and the yearly peak has[…]

Partial photo: Adam Wilson Brewing beer produces a lot of leftover grain, sometimes turned into bread, crackers and dog biscuits[…]

Partial photo: Grant Durr The 2020 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate said it was one of the[…]

Partial photo: Wilhelm Gunkel The whitest paint yet has been created. Coating buildings with it may one day cool them[…]

Partial photo: Joshua Peacock Climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water in[…]

Partial photo: David Hellmann Concrete is the world’s most-produced material. Its production results in nine percent of global carbon emissions.[…]

On April 6, the compressor station released 11,430 standard cubic feet (scf) of gas and 3 pounds of volatile organic[…]

A six-seater Piper M-Class fitted out at a research and development hub in the UK ran on hydrogen on its[…]