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Print This is the April 22, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. By virtue of the fact that you’re reading this newsletter, you’re probably aware today is Earth Day — or as environmental reporters know it, “The day we get even more press releases than usual, but we keep doing the same job we’ve been doing all year.” So I don’t have a special Earth Day edition of Boiling Point for you. I do, however, have some intriguing information about an idea that...

YouTube screenshot Less than three years after California governor Jerry Brown said the state would launch “our own damn satellite” to track pollution in the face of the Trump administration’s climate denial, California, NASA, and a constellation of private companies, nonprofits, and foundations are teaming up to do just that. Under the umbrella of the newly-formed group Carbon Mapper, two satellites are on track to launch in 2023. The satellites will target, among other pollution, methane emissions from oil and gas and agriculture operations that account for a disproportionate amount...

Satellite Constellation Set to Unmask World’s Super Polluters Apr 16 2021, 7:06 AM April 15 2021, 5:30 PM April 16 2021, 7:06 AM (Bloomberg) -- Efforts to identify and attribute global emissions will get a boost from satellites to be launched by a consortium including Carbon Mapper, the State of California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Planet Labs Inc. (Bloomberg) -- Efforts to identify and attribute global emissions will get a boost from satellites to be launched by a consortium including Carbon Mapper, the State of California, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Plan...

Carbon Mapper and partners plan satellite constellation to track methane Share Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Non-profit organisation Carbon Mapper and its partners have revealed plans to launch a hyperspectral satellite constellation to track sources of methane emissions. The Carbon Mapper consortium includes the State of California, Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Nasa JPL), Planet, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation and RMI. The satellite constellation will ...

Print Years after former Gov. Jerry Brown pledged California would launch its “own damn satellite” to track planet-warming pollutants, the state plans to put not one, but two satellites in orbit to help it hunt for hard-to-find “super-emitters” of methane and carbon dioxide. In an announcement Thursday, a partnership of government and research organizations working under a newly formed nonprofit called Carbon Mapper said it is on track to launch the satellites in 2023 using $100 million in funding from philanthropic groups. The two satellites will be used to locate, quantify and make ...