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Years after former Gov. Jerry Brown pledged California would launch its “own damn satellite” to track planet-warming pollutants, the state plans to put not one, but two satellites in orbit to help it hunt for hard-to-find “super-emitters” of methane and carbon dioxide.
In an announcement Thursday, a partnership of government and research organizations working under a newly formed nonprofit called Carbon Mapper said it is on track to launch the satellites in 2023 using $100 million in funding from philanthropic groups.
The two satellites will be used to locate, quantify and make visible plumes of methane and carbon pollution, which remain major obstacles in the fight against climate change. Regulators and scientists say faster, more accurate monitoring is urgently needed to accelerate greenhouse gas reductions and keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.
Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and Carbon Dioxide Super Emitters
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Carbon Mapper, a new nonprofit organization, and its partners - the State of California, NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL), Planet, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation and RMI - today announced a pioneering program to help improve understanding of and accelerate reductions in global methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In addition, the Carbon Mapper consortium announced its plan to deploy a ground-breaking hyperspectral satellite constellation with the ability to pinpoint, quantify and track point-source methane and CO2 emissions.
California to Use Satellites to Track Greenhouse Gas
A partnership of government and research organizations working under a new nonprofit called Carbon Mapper said it is on track to launch the satellites in 2023, using $100 million in funding from philanthropic groups. by Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times / April 15, 2021 Shutterstock/Andrey VP
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California would launch its own damn satellite to track planet-warming pollutants, the state plans to put not one, but two satellites in orbit to help it hunt for hard-to-find super-emitters of methane and carbon dioxide.
In an announcement Thursday, a partnership of government and research organizations working under a newly formed nonprofit called Carbon Mapper said it is on track to launch the satellites in 2023 using $100 million in funding from philanthropic groups.