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It's always been there. 20 years ago my father went for business in Turkmenistan, and all this was already in place. This country is one of the biggest producer

It's always been there. 20 years ago my father went for business in Turkmenistan, and all this was already in place. This country is one of the biggest producer of fossil fuel, it's an ultra-dictatorship, and has strong commercial partnerships with France. It's very well known. So why is there sudden medias coverage of this? I'm now doubting more and more that the politicians and medias really care about any environmental issue and that, like terrorism and pedophilia, it's used to motivate another agenda. The problem is, unlike terrorism and pedophilia, climate change is an urgent issue that affects every single human in the world, so I really want this to be a genuine concern. But some part of me now always wonder if somebody, somewhere, is not preparing us to invade Turkmenistan 2 years from now.

ZeroGravitas 3y ago
Media coverage of methane leaks is going up because: a) progress on various other sources (e.g. coal) means remaining issues move up the priority list b) new satellite measurement techniques let us pinpoint blame, rather than do back of the envelope calculations based on educated guesses and global averages, which were bad enough but less actionable. https://www.ghgsat.com/en/technology https://www.ghgsat.com/en/technology
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yorwba 3y ago
The media coverage has always been there, too. Even this particular instance is part of a long-running thread: 2021-10-31: UN launches International Methane Emissions Observatory https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/methane-observatory-launched-boost-action-powerful-climate-warming https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/methane-... 2022-11-11: UN announces satellite-based Methane Alert and Response System https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-announces-high-tech-satellite-based-global-methane-detection https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-annou... 2023-01-19: Kayrros wins contract to supply the satellite data https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/kayrros-to-supply-unep-international-methane-emissions-observatory-with-global-detection-capacity https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/kayrros-to-supply-un... 2023-03-06: The Guardian publishes their first(?) article about data obtained from Kayrros https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed... 2023-05-09: The Guardian publishes the follow-up submitted to HN here. Lots of long-running situations are like this, constantly getting reported on at a level below most people's awareness threshold, and then when you stumble across one such report, it suddenly feels like a flood. See also the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

ZeroGravitas 3y ago

Media coverage of methane leaks is going up because: a) progress on various other sources (e.g. coal) means remaining issues move up the priority list b) new satellite measurement techniques let us pinpoint blame, rather than do back of the envelope calculations based on educated guesses and global averages, which were bad enough but less actionable. https://www.ghgsat.com/en/technology https://www.ghgsat.com/en/technology

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yorwba 3y ago

The media coverage has always been there, too. Even this particular instance is part of a long-running thread: 2021-10-31: UN launches International Methane Emissions Observatory https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/methane-observatory-launched-boost-action-powerful-climate-warming https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/methane-... 2022-11-11: UN announces satellite-based Methane Alert and Response System https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-announces-high-tech-satellite-based-global-methane-detection https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-annou... 2023-01-19: Kayrros wins contract to supply the satellite data https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/kayrros-to-supply-unep-international-methane-emissions-observatory-with-global-detection-capacity https://www.satelliteevolution.com/post/kayrros-to-supply-un... 2023-03-06: The Guardian publishes their first(?) article about data obtained from Kayrros https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed-1000-super-emitting-methane-leaks-risk-triggering-climate-tipping-points https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/06/revealed... 2023-05-09: The Guardian publishes the follow-up submitted to HN here. Lots of long-running situations are like this, constantly getting reported on at a level below most people's awareness threshold, and then when you stumble across one such report, it suddenly feels like a flood. See also the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.