OPINION | Blue hydrogen hopes hinge on managing methane emissions

Failure to reduce methane slip will undercut the reason to produce blue H2 in the first place, writes the Environmental Defense Fund's Beth Trask

A rendering of MethaneSAT, a satellite deployed by the Environmental Defense Fund and the New Zealand Space Agency that measures methane emissions around the world.
A rendering of MethaneSAT, a satellite deployed by the Environmental Defense Fund and the New Zealand Space Agency that measures methane emissions around the world.Photo: MethaneSAT/EDF
Published 3 March 2025, 13:15Updated 10 March 2025, 09:33
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