California air quality regulators announced the launch of a first-in-nation satellite data project Friday, with the aim of monitoring and minimizing methane emissions. The technology involves the ...

Thanks to our state investment, we're using satellite technology to detect methane leaks as they happen," Newsom said in a statement. A total of eight satellites will eventually make up the network.

Separate from this launch, as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Climate Commitment budget, California has made a $100 million state investment in using satellite methane data.

4/1/25 — California has launched a new satellite-based initiative to track and reduce methane emissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on March 31.The program comes as the federal Environmental ...

In 2016, then-Gov. Brown promised that California would “launch its own damn satellite” to track methane emissions after Trump threatened to cut off access to federal climate data.

The satellite was part of groundbreaking efforts to track methane pollution and make information public. Capping methane ...

This image shows methane emissions from a landfill in Georgia, detected by Carbon Mapper’s aerial surveillance by plane (before the launch of Tanager-1, its first satellite).

California air quality regulators announced the launch of a first-in-nation satellite data project Friday, with the aim of monitoring and minimizing methane emissions. The technology involves the use ...

4/1/25 — California has launched a new satellite-based initiative to track and reduce methane emissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on March 31.The program comes as the federal Environmental ...

The program employs satellite-mounted sensors to detect large methane leaks that may otherwise go unnoticed, allowing state and local agencies to work with industry to address these emissions quickly.

4/1/25 (LAPost.com) — California has launched a new satellite-based initiative to track and reduce methane emissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on March 31. The program comes as the federal ...

4/1/25 — California has launched a new satellite-based initiative to track and reduce methane emissions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on March 31.The program comes as the federal Environmental ...