In 2012, we kicked off a research series to better pinpoint leaks - and to find solutions. Until recently, little was known about where leaks were occurring, or the best way to fix them. Which means that now is the methane moment: Acting now to reduce methane emissions will have immediate benefits to the climate that reductions in carbon dioxide cannot provide on their own.
Slowing today’s unprecedented rate of warming can help avert our most acute climate risks, including crop loss, wildfires, extreme weather and rising sea levels.Ītmospheric concentration of methane is increasing faster now than at any time since the 1980s. But scientists and policymakers are increasingly recognizing that methane reductions are crucial. Why the methane moment is nowįor many years, methane was overlooked in the climate change conversation. Even though CO 2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term.Īt least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. It’s an opportunity we can’t afford to miss. The first of the state's inflation stimulus checks promised to residents will start going out this Friday.Cutting methane emissions is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming, even as we decarbonize our energy systems.
"If the gas prices go too high, I just wont drive," he said.Īnd more help for drivers in California is about to arrive for drivers. "I don't think that the OPEC announcement will be very noticeable to California drivers, partially because the prices are so high and partially because we're going to see the prices coming down as we switch over to the winter blend," Borenstein said. OPEC's Wednesday announcement about slashing oil production by two million barrels a day is expected to send prices higher cross the country, but Severin Borenstein of UC Berkley's Haas School of Business noted that Californians aren't likely to bear the brunt of increased related to OPEC's decision. That leads to a decrease in supply across the state that has driven prices up higher than just about anywhere else in the US. "There's definitely a growing number of drivers that are realizing, 'Hey I could make an extra $800 dollars a month driving an electric vehicle, so I might as well make the switch,'" Ets-Hoki said.Īnalysts point to the recent spike in gas prices as a result of California refineries being take offline for both routine maintenance and unexpected disruptions.
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