Canadian firm, GHGSat, has launched the world’s first commercial CO2 sensor satellite into orbit. The GHGSat C10 or Vanguard will be the first space-based environment monitoring satellite to collect and disseminate data on CO2 emissions by the precise individual plants or companies worldwide. This ability of the satellite can transform the fields of CO2 monitoring, global stocktaking, and climate policymaking at national and international levels. GHGSat is a Canada-based firm that pioneered the identification of methane sources worldwide in 2016. Its demonstration satellite, Claire, was the first satellite to accurately pinpoint the sources of methane emissions, down to the cow … Continue reading GHGSat’s new Vanguard satellite can revolutionize space-based monitoring of C02 worldwide