Environmentalists launch satellite to track world’s worst methane leakers
A new satellite can now track polluters from the sky making it easier to hold “bad actors” in the oil and gas industry responsible for dangerous leaks.
MathaneSAT, a satellite designed to track methane emissions, was launched on a SpaceX Falcon9 rocket on Tuesday at 11am New Zealand time (10pm GMT on Monday).
Methane, an invisible yet highly potent gas, is responsible for one-third of global heating. Yet it is colourless and odourless, making it difficult to track.
“Methane emissions have been overlooked and hard to detect for
