>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR
CLIMATE THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE
WILL THE NONPROFIT CARBON
MAPPER IS TAKING THE FIGHT
AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE
STARS LAUNCHING A SATELLITE
PROGRAM TO PINPOINT METHANE AND
CARBON DIOXIDE C
SUPER EMITTERS JOINING ME NOW
IS RALLIED YOUR AND CEO
PROBABLY NAPPER I REALLY THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THIS
AFTERNOON EXPLAIN HOW THIS
WORKS.
>> THANKS KRISTEN FOR HAVING ME
SO COMMON THAT PERSON AIM OF
THE NEW NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED
AN A PROGRAM OF THE
SAME NAME. THAT'S REALLY
DESIGNED TO DEPLOY A
CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES
TO HELP 10 POINT IN TRACK
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF THE
SCALE OF INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES
GLOBALLY TO HELP ACCELERATE
CLIMATE
MITIGATION OPTIONS AND
SPECIFICALLY OUR MISSION IS TO
DELIVER METHANE AND CARBON
DIOXIDE DAY A VERY FINE SCALE
TO BUSINESSES GOVERNMENTS AND
THE
GENERAL PUBLIC QUICKLY AND
PRECISELY TO GUIDE
SCIENCE-BASED DECISION.
>> IN AND RILEY, LET'S PAUSE
FOR ONE
SECOND THESE COMPANIES. ARE
THEY SOLICITING YOUR HELP TO
REDUCE THEIR OWN EMISSIONS OR
DID THEY GET WORRIED SOMETIMES
MAYBE WHEN THEY HEAR FROM YOU.
>> SO THERE'S A MIXED BAG OF
STAKEHOLDERS OUT THERE
THERE ARE. COMPANIES SUCH AS
OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS WHICH TO
SOME ECCENTRICS INCENTIVIZED TO
REDUCE EMISSIONS BECAUSE IN
MANY CASES THIS IS PART OF
CLOTS THE METHANE MOVING
THROUGH A NATURAL GAS
AND SYSTEMS IS ACTUALLY PRODUCT
FOR SOME OF THESE COMPANIES AND
OTHER CASES OPERATORS.
DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE
PROBLEMS FOR EXAMPLE LEAKS AND
MALFUNCTIONS AND THIS IS TRUE
NOT JUST IN OIL AND GAS
PRODUCTION. BUT ALSO THE
NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS IN OUR
HOMES AND CITIES AS WELL AS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
LIKE LANDFILLS. AND EVEN
AGRICULTURE AND I THINK OUR
BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW
SOCIETY IS THAT
WE DON'T HAVE GOOD AWARENESS
WHERE METHANE AND CARBON
DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ARE COMING
FROM AT THE SCALE THAT
DECISIONS
ARE MADE.
>> INTERESTING SO BASED ON WHAT
YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR SATELLITE
WHAT IS THE MAJOR TAKE AWAY
JUST IN TERMS OF HOW CONCERNING
AT HOW PREVALENT THIS IS.
>> YES SO THAT WE'RE NOT
ACTUALLY LAUNCHING THE TO
SATELLITES THE CONSOLATION TILL
2023.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
THEN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW OUR TEAM HAS BEEN
FLYING AIRCRAFT WITH THE SAME
REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS NOW ALMOST A
DECADE. AND WHAT WE FIND IN
SERVING KEY REGIONS AROUND THE
UNITED STATES ON THE PARTS OF
THE WORLD IS THAT METHANE
SUPER MATTERS ARE COMMON ACROSS
ALL ECONOMIC SECTORS BASICALLY
EVERYTHING WE'RE OPERATE
WHETHER IT'S ENERGY SYSTEMS
WASTE
MANAGER AGRICULTURE. THERE WILL
BE LEAKS AND WHAT I MEAN BY
SUPER MENTORS IS A SMALL
FRACTION OF THE POPULATION IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR A
DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF
MISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA FOR
EXAMPLE, WE DID A STATEWIDE
SURVEY A FEW YEARS AGO.
WE FOUND THAT LESS THAN 0.2% OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER A 3RD
OF THE ENTIRE METHANE INVENTORY
OF THE STATE.
SO THAT'S POTENTIAL LOW HANGING
FRUIT FOR MITIGATION IF YOU CAN
IN A FIGHT
WHERE THESE INVISIBLE PLUMES
APPEAR ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE
INTERESTING.
>> NOW I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA
EXPLAINED THAT PARTNERSHIP
AND HOW NASA IS HELPING IN
THIS.
>> YOU KNOW A FRIEND OF
MINE OFTEN MAKES A JOKE.
HE SAYS THE ROCKET SCIENCE IS
IT THE HARD PART IS THE SOCIO
THERMO DYNAMICS THAT ARE HARD
AND WHAT HE MEANS
BY THAT IS THAT AS MUCH AS
ANYTHING THE CHALLENGE HERE IS
AS MUCH SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGIES THAT
IS INSTITUTIONAL SO TO ADDRESS
THIS CHALLENGE OF FINDING
THE RIGHT A GROUP OF
CAPABILITIES THAT CAN PUT A
SYSTEM TOGETHER LIKE THIS.
WE'VE ASSEMBLED A PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT
INCLUDES NASA'S JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY, THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, THE COMMERCIAL
SATELLITE IMAGING COMPANY
PLANET LABS IN OUR PARTNERS AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA,
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND
I ALL POWERED BY PHILANTHROPY
TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN THAT'S THE
COALITION WE NEED TO BUILD TO
MAKE THE
SYSTEM POSSIBLE.
>> I'M VERY QUICKLY YOUR
SATELLITE WILL COVER THE WHOLE
EARTH YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THIS ACROSS THE PLANET
OR OR JUST IN THE U.S..
>> ITS GLOBAL BUT KEEP IN MIND
AS PART OF A BROADER
CONSTELLATION OF OBSERVING
SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE WALL TO
WALL MAPPING BY SATELLITES
LAUNCHED BY OTHER COUNTRIES AND
OTHER PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING
PROGRAMS PART FOCUSES ON
SPECIFIC HOT SPOT AREAS AROUND
THE PLANET AND WE WANT TO BE
ABLE TO
MONITOR DA