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How Methane Satellites Work and Why it Matters

This new UCLA Law report aims to help policymakers understand the science and utility of methane satellites.

These days, I’ll take progress on climate change where I can get it. And one place to look right now is up — literally. New satellites are providing never-before-seen data about global methane sources, helping policymakers, industry, and others target that superpollutant in new ways. Today, some colleagues at UCLA Law and I are releasing …

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