![]() ![]() 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition ( R) in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Two Kinds of Wisdomġ3 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it ( P) by their good life, by deeds ( Q) done in the humility that comes from wisdom. 11 Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12 My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? ( O) Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. ( N) 10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. ( M)ĩ With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ( L)ħ All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. ![]() It corrupts the whole body, ( K) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 6 The tongue also is a fire, ( J) a world of evil among the parts of the body. ( I) Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 5 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. ![]() ( G)ģ When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say ( E) is perfect, ( F) able to keep their whole body in check. Our pilot project with Google Earth Outreach helped visualize the climate-damaging leaks found within local communities.3 Not many of you should become teachers, ( A) my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged ( B) more strictly. Raising awareness about the scale and impact of methane emissions is essential to developing effective policy. Now, the EPA is advancing ambitious, next-generation methane safeguards to achieve even deeper cuts to this harmful methane pollution. That not only undid one of the Trump administration’s damaging climate rollbacks - it immediately reinstated critical protections for communities across the country. The good news: President Biden signed a bipartisan bill to reinstate Obama-era rules that reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Seeing leadership from the U.S.Īs the world’s largest oil and gas producer, the United States has both an opportunity and a responsibility to lead the way on reducing methane emissions. In fact, the International Energy Agency estimates that worldwide, the oil and gas industry can achieve a 75% reduction using technologies available today - two-thirds of it at no net cost. Ground-based measurement tools along with a growing number of satellites - including one being launched by our MethaneSAT subsidiary - are making it faster and cheaper than ever to locate, measure and reduce emissions. Today we have much better data on where the methane is coming from and how to prevent it. The volume represents enough natural gas to fuel 10 million homes. oil and gas industry was emitting at least 13 million metric tons of methane a year - about 60% more than the Environmental Protection Agency estimated at the time. It is the largest body of peer-reviewed research on the issue.Ī synthesis of the research found that the U.S. ![]() In 2012, we kicked off a research series to better pinpoint leaks - and to find solutions. Until recently, little was known about where leaks were occurring, or the best way to fix them. Which means that now is the methane moment: Acting now to reduce methane emissions will have immediate benefits to the climate that reductions in carbon dioxide cannot provide on their own. Slowing today’s unprecedented rate of warming can help avert our most acute climate risks, including crop loss, wildfires, extreme weather and rising sea levels.Ītmospheric concentration of methane is increasing faster now than at any time since the 1980s. But scientists and policymakers are increasingly recognizing that methane reductions are crucial. Why the methane moment is nowįor many years, methane was overlooked in the climate change conversation. Even though CO 2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace for warming in the near term.Īt least 25% of today’s global warming is driven by methane from human actions. Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere. It’s an opportunity we can’t afford to miss. Cutting methane emissions is the fastest opportunity we have to immediately slow the rate of global warming, even as we decarbonize our energy systems. ![]()
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