In a groundbreaking move, California has launched its own satellite to track methane emissions. The Tanager-1 satellite, developed by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base August 16th, 2024.
This initiative, stemming from a promise made by former Governor Jerry Brown in 2018, aims to detect and quantify methane super-emitters with unprecedented precision. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the planet in the short term.
