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An illustrated visualization of the MethaneSAT satellite in orbit to detect methane leaks.

Good morning, John,

The innovative work of EDF affiliate MethaneSAT – first unveiled by EDF President Fred Krupp in an April 2018 TED Talk – has caught the attention of The New Yorker, the weekly magazine that’s known equally for its insightful journalism and its witty, wry and eclectic cartoons.

But climate change is no laughing matter. And methane pollution from the oil and gas industry and agriculture is a major driving force accelerating our planet’s warming.

As The New Yorker article describes, while methane is invisible to the human eye, there are emerging technologies that are helping map the methane pollution problem on a global scale. And MethaneSAT will help solve “a fundamental problem with methane measurement: scale.”
 

“MethaneSAT can see not just broad, diffuse concentrations of methane, but tiny variations in gas concentration between any two points. Using these data, scientists can work backward to figure out concentration rates.”
-  The New Yorker: A Security Camera for the Planet


I hope you get a chance this weekend to read the full story and dive in on our vital work to detect and plug methane leaks across the globe – work your support makes possible.

And please, feel free to share it with your friends and family to help spread the word about the methane problem and the solutions we’re working together to implement.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend and happy reading.

Best wishes,

Sam Parry
Director of Membership
 
Read "A Security Camera for the Planet"

P.S. As EDF President Fred Krupp emailed us in response to the publication of the article:

"It reminds me of how far we’ve come in the decade since EDF recognized that reducing methane pollution was an overlooked but powerful way to make climate progress. In weeks, data will start flowing from MethaneAIR, our aircraft-based version of MethaneSAT, flying over North America. And in less than a year, MethaneSAT will deliver data to motivate action to reduce methane pollution globally. The New Yorker profile appears just as Europe moves closer to its first standards to reduce methane.

I hope that you’ll take pride in your own role in this story, and in all that we’ve accomplished together."

Couldn’t have said it better myself.