Near Marseille, the "Methane Hunters" Track the Leaks of This Climaticide Gas

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A team commissioned by two environmental NGOs inspected gas pipelines and other oil and gas infrastructure in Fos-sur-Mer and in the south of France to map the leaks of this gas that is dangerous for the climate but "precious" in these times of energy crisis.

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Major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, gas leaks are largely ignored. To alert public authorities, two NGOs are working to map them. Fos-sur-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône), report The humming device, perched on a tripod, resembles an old camcorder. Yet it is a technological marvel and an irreplaceable tool for tracking a gigantic threat, invisible to the naked eye: gas leaks, by the thousands, escaping (…) Read more Report / Energy , Pollution