Catalyst with Shayle Kann

The unexplored frontier of methane removal


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We capture concentrated methane emissions from point sources like dairy barns, landfills, and coal mines. Mitigating methane emissions is essential to hitting net-zero targets, but could we capture diluted gasses straight from the atmosphere, too? 

In this episode, Shayle talks to Dr. Gabrielle Dreyfus, Chief Scientist at the Institute For Governance & Sustainable Development, about a National Academy of Sciences report on the unexplored area of methane removal. Gabrielle chaired the committee behind the report. Shayle and Gabrielle cover topics like:

  • Why methane removal may be critical to addressing methane from hard-to-abate sources, like enteric emissions and tropical wetlands
  • Key differences between methane removal and carbon dioxide removal
  • How reducing methane in the atmosphere may also reduce its atmospheric lifetime 
  • Technological pathways, including reactors, concentrators, surface treatments, ecosystem uptake enhancement, and atmospheric oxidation enhancement
  • The potential for combining methane and carbon dioxide removal in direct air capture
  • Recommended resources

    Catalyst: Why are we still flaring gas?

    Catalyst: Mitigating enteric methane: tech solutions for solving the cow burp problem

    Catalyst: Why methane matters

    Latitude Media: A look under the hood of EDF’s methane detection satellite

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