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‘Space spy’ uncovers massive methane emissions in US
“The measurements of methane emissions above the Permian basin, like here in Midland, Texas, were the most worrying up till now,” says Ilse Abel of SRON, the Dutch Institute for Space Research /AFP
The vast oil and gas fields in the southern United States emit twice as much methane as the American authorities believe. This immense contribution to the climate problem was detected out of space by the Dutch space tool Tropomi. Tropomi is a Dutch-built measuring instrument that circulates the globe and detects pollution. 2 700 tons
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