Kaj Embren

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For years the open question was whether anything could be done about gas that thin. A new study from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, just published in the International Journal of Coal Geology, gives an unusually direct answer. bit.ly/4wXZxCj More in Methane Brief at methanebrief.org #Climate #ClimateAction #Methane #MitigateVAM #

A landfill in Chile. An oil well in Turkmenistan. A coal mine in China. These are among the world’s largest sources of planet-warming methane, as identified in a new analysis by @MethaneData But how quickly are countries taking action? This article explains: unep.org/technical-high…

Anytime solar is here >Cost of a typical utility-scale battery installation collapsed over half since 2022 >In 2025 alone, costs plunged another 27% according to BloombergNEF The math today: >Real-world, 24/7 firm renewable systems are undercutting fossil legacy grids right now >As an example, Abu Dhabi’s Al Dhafra project: [5GW solar array peak capacity] + [large-scale utility storage] = 1GW of round-the-clock clean power at an overall cost of $70/MWh (IRENA) That’s compared to the Lazard cost curve for new gas-fired plants, which climbs up to $109/MWh. In major energy markets, new-build round-the-clock clean power is already achievable at a lower cost than erecting new coal infrastructure Renewable-plus-storage systems can now reliably deliver electricity for more than 95% of the time at competitive costs in economies like China, India, and Brazil The conventional wisdom that you permanently need a fossil "baseload" is OBSOLETE and grids are shifting to a model where thermal plants are forced into a limited backup role

SOON | Last year, the @EnergyInstitute Statistical Review of World Energy reported that solar and wind grew NINE TIMES faster than total energy demand in 2024 🌪☀ Find out what has changed since then in this year's review – with Ember as co-author 🤝 ember-energy.org/latest-updates…

A peer-reviewed CSIRO paper just priced one of the cheapest climate fixes on the table — then buried the best part in a footnote on the final page. It's about the methane that coal mines breathe out, and a cost that swings by a factor of three on a single measurement choice almost nobody questions. I've written up what that footnote actually says — short read below. bit.ly/4dxXTj8 #Methane #Coalmines #Climate #ClimateAction #CleanExit #MethanBrief #MitigateMethane #MitigateVAM #EnergyTransition @CarlPope @MikeBloomberg @MethaneSAT @UNECE @GlobalEnergyMon @CtrGlobSust @InstituteGC @marcelomena @RichardMattus1 @mit_cs3

Capture pays - Methane is money. Brent Bobsein of CNX has spent 14 years proving it. Methane is money. The tech works. The finance is the missing piece. Full story tomorrow. #CapturePays #CleanExit #MethaneBrief #CoalMineMethane #CarbonCredits #ClimateFinance #Sustainability @ember_energy @RichardMattus1 @MikeBloomberg @CarlPope @pewresearch @RockyMtnInst @MethaneSAT @marcelomena @GlobalEnergyMon @EUCouncil @PierreSchel @SierraClubCA @ClubOfRome

Methane Brief nr 6 is out - Dont miss the 200 articles on Coal Methane at bit.ly/3RktTP5 The Article in @X at bit.ly/49jPOfi

Methane Brief nr 6 is out - Dont miss the 200 articles on Coal Methane at bit.ly/3RktTP5 The Article in @X at bit.ly/49jPOfi @MethaneSAT @NatRevEarthEnv @envirodefence @marcelomena @UNECE @AndersWijkman @kerrclimate @WorldBankSAsia @ClimateArena @EUgreenweek

London is pushing 35°C this week. And it's still May. Heat kills quietly — in top-floor flats, care homes, and the homes of people living alone. In 2022, an estimated 387 Londoners died in the heat. A 35°C May day isn't a freak. It's a preview. Our cities were built for a climate that no longer exists — and adaptation isn't optional anymore. It's infrastructure. #GlobalWarming #WeatheringTomorrow #Climate #Adaptation #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #CleanAir @MumsForLungs @theCCCuk @ClimateGroup @imperialcollege @LDNdailynews @DepMayorLondon @MayorofLondon @LondonNetworker @Londonist @EUgreenweek @london_climate

Action now: Politicians, and policymakers need to work more tightly together to translate air pollution evidence into air pollution action. #Liverpool ⁦@lpoolcouncil⁩ ⁦@BarrySheerman⁩ ⁦@cleanairdayuk⁩ ⁦@MumsForLungs⁩ ⁦ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The war goes on. Coal is the default. LNG routes disrupted. Asian importers pivoting to coal. May imports tracking as the third-highest monthly total on record. And almost no one is asking the obvious question: When coal gets its second lease — what are the conditions? The methane from a single mine shaft has the warming effect of 2 million cars. It costs AUD 5–7 per tonne to destroy. The technology exists. It’s running commercially right now. 1% of it is being abated. Issue 6 of the Methane Brief is out. #CoalMineMethane #VAM #MethaneAbatement #CleanExit @MethaneSAT @marcelomena @MikeBloomberg @CarlPope @AndersWijkman @EUEnvironment @EUCouncil @EUgreenweek

Ozone pollution limits lung benefits of exercise via @EurekAlert eurekalert.org/news-releases/… #CleanAir #Health #Urban #Cities #AirPollution @UK_CleanAir @cleanaircatf @MayorofGM @LDN_pressoffice @DepMayorLondon @svanteaxelsson

Coal mine methane: the EU's biggest fossil fuel methane source — still underpriced, weakly regulated, and largely ignored by green finance. Two resources you need to bookmark right now: The Methane Brief — free, focused, essential The sharpest briefing on methane policy, data & solutions. Sign up free → bit.ly/4wGA7ZG Clean Exit: Coal Methane Abatement Archive 198 posts. Everything from VAM technology to EU regulatory gaps — just updated. Explore → methanebrief.org/clean-exit/ This is one of the cheapest, most proven climate levers available. The EU has the regulation. It doesn't have the finance architecture to back it up. That gap is the story. Don't miss it. #CoalMineMethane #MethaneBrief #CleanExit #ClimateAction #Methane #Ember #WeatheringTomorrow #LeadershipMatters @CarlPope @jrockstrom @MikeBloomberg @MethaneSAT @MarcoRanieri_EU @euclimatepact @EUCouncilTVNews @ZNConsulting @EUCouncil @PierreSchel @ClimateBen @ClimateArena @GlobalEnergyMon @IEA @fbirol

The EU's own Methane Regulation will reduce 48%of coal mine methane emissions. The EU says 58% is needed. That 10-point gap isn't a rounding error. It's a political choice — made while proven abatement technology sits on the shelf and abandoned mines keep leaking. Ember + Clean Exit Campaign are tracking this. So should the EU. Here is the link: Real-world impact bit.ly/4nPOgQb - Clean Exit bit.ly/4dEMXis #CoalMineMethane #EUMethaneRegulation #CleanExit #Ember #Methane #ClimateAction #WeatheringTomorrow @ClimateArena @EUCouncil @ClimateBen @EnergyRuud @CREACleanAir @RichardMattus1

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns via @fionaharvey @guardian bit.ly/4uhjvG9 #Climate #Planet #ClimateAction #Resilience #LeadershipMatters @jonathonporritt @ClimateGroup @ClimateBen @svanteaxelsson