What’s in My Air?

Climate One

Earth Sciences, News, Social Sciences, News Commentary, Science

4.7 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Over a 20-year period, methane is 80 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Yet those responsible for releasing methane into the atmosphere often don’t even know how much they themselves are emitting. And methane is only one of many harmful air pollutants that result from our dependence on burning fossil fuels. Now, research coalitions, citizen scientists and activists are using a slate of new tools to detect and report emissions. They’re also using many of the same tools to shine a light on exactly how and where other deadly fossil fuel pollutants, like nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter, are affecting community health. Such data could become a critical tool for regulation, leading to greater emissions reductions. Guests: Davida Herzl, Co-founder and CEO, Aclima Kendra Pinto, Four Corners Indigenous Community Field Advocate, Earthworks Gavin McCormick, Co-founder, Climate TRACE For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.6	This is Climate One. I'm Greg Dalton. A key tool in addressing the climate crisis is having an accurate picture of greenhouse gas emissions.
0:40.2	New technology is making that possible, along with revealing other pollutants that affect
0:45.1	individual and community health.
0:47.5	We're mapping this image of pollution that has been invisible up until now.
0:52.0	Those collecting the data hope it can be used to clean up our air and atmosphere for a more
0:56.6	healthy and stable future.
0:58.7	We can see who the biggest emitters are.
1:01.3	We can see their ownership in a lot of cases.
1:03.6	But most intriguingly to me, we can see who is producing cleaner and less clean.
1:09.2	The data also makes plain the inequities faced by frontline communities who have long
1:13.9	suffered the effects of harmful pollution.
1:16.3	I mean, how well are we listening?
1:19.6	How often are we listening to folks who are dealing with direct impacts of extraction?
1:26.5	Over a 20-year period, methane is 80 times more harmful than carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
1:32.7	that makes life possible on Earth.
1:35.4	Yet many companies responsible for releasing methane into the sky often don't know how much
1:40.8	is really being emitted.
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