CATF Articles & Posts
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More than 100 countries unite to launch Global Methane Pledge at COP26
Almost 100 Heads of State from around the world joined together today to formally launch the Global Methane Pledge at COP26.
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The next chapter for Europe’s electricity grids: What the Council’s general approach gets right—and what it still needs
A decisive moment for Europe’s electricity grids To deliver affordable, reliable, and clean electricity, enable electrification and reduce imported fuel dependency, Europe will need to strategically expand its transmission grids. This is the objective of the European Commission´s Grid Package, presented in December 2025, which consist of a proposal to…
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California commits to funding geothermal cost-share program essential to driving project deployment
This week, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a budget agreement that includes targeted funding for geothermal exploratory wells, which are essential to developing next-generation geothermal projects in the state. “Next-generation geothermal can play a significant role in helping California meet its ambitious climate and clean energy targets by providing firm power…
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2026 mid-year impact: Meaningful progress in a complex world
Over the past six months, Clean Air Task Force has worked across continents to defend critical climate protections, advance next-generation clean energy technologies, and strengthen the policies and institutions needed to deliver lasting impact.
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Closing the methane gap between LDAR on paper and LDAR in practice
Leak detection and repair programs primarily target methane emissions that operators may not even know are happening.
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The EU ETS review must turn aviation ambition into deployment
One of the major climate and competitiveness debates of the year is the reform of the EU’s carbon pricing instrument, the Emissions Trading System (ETS). In aviation, much of the discussion has centred on a single question: should international flights be brought into the system. That debate matters, but it risks overshadowing another fundamental issue: Can the EU actually…
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Court upholds life-saving national soot air quality standard
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the national, health-based limit on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), also known as soot.
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To truly help the environment, anaerobic digestor regulations need an overhaul
The climate benefits of anaerobic digestors are not guaranteed, depending entirely on keeping methane emissions from the AD systems themselves tightly controlled.
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Landfill methane is misunderstood. Three myths are undermining effective mitigation efforts.
Solid waste disposal sites remain one of the largest sources of global waste methane emissions.
