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    Environmental Group Plans Methane-Tracking Satellite

    Scientists hope MethaneSAT will show where the potent greenhouse gas is coming from. Tracking methane in the air is difficult because it rises and spreads from the source.
    by Christopher Joyce Apr 11, 2018 1 minute
    A new satellite, called MethaneSAT,will track methane emissions from oil and gas fields, as well as agriculture and natural sources. It's due for launch in three years.

    An environmental organization has unveiled plans to monitor a potent greenhouse gas from space.

    The Environmental Defense Fund says it will launch a satellite to monitor methane with unprecedented precision.

    , a climate scientist at EDF, says methane has many

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