Filming methane pollution from the oil and gas sector

Why recording methane
emissions matters

In the short term, methane emissions are about 80x more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide. Immediate action to reduce methane pollution is the best strategy we have to slow the rate of global warming in the next decade.

Since methane is invisible to the naked eye, we use a special infrared camera to visualize methane emissions. This footage helps to alert the public, regulators, policymakers, and companies about the hazardous and harmful emissions in the oil and gas industry.

Oil and gas is the most easily solvable slice of global methane emissions. As a priority, we’re focused on the quickest possible mitigation strategies. And that means smarter regulations for the oil and gas sector. Significant reductions can be achieved through policy measures, like a ban on routine venting and flaring, a requirement for a leak detection and repair program, and setting technology standards to replace continuously-venting equipment.

Smart policies can reduce methane emissions.

We already have the know-how and technology to implement this – we just need the political will to make it happen.

Methane Effects

80x

Methane traps over 80 times more heat in our atmosphere than carbon dioxide over the first 20 years.

0.5°C

Methane is responsible for 0.5°C of global warming experienced to date.

#1

The EU is the world’s largest importer of natural gas and one of the top importers of oil.