Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 25-year period. However, it also degrades much more quickly than CO2, meaning cuts in emissions now can have a quick and significant effect on reducing global warming. On this bonus episode of Zero, producer Oscar Boyd talks with host Akshat Rathi about the methane problem and the ways to solve it.

Read more: 
A Cheap Fix to Global Warming Is Finally Gaining Support
The $75 Billion Climate Solution That’s a Bargain
Turkmenistan in Talks With US to Tackle Giant Methane Leaks
Scientists Say They’ve Detected a Huge Methane Leak in Kazakhstan
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to John Fraher, Meg Szabo and Kira Bindrim.  Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 25-year period. However, it also degrades much more quickly than CO2, meaning cuts in emissions now can have a quick and significant effect on reducing global warming. On this bonus episode of Zero, producer Oscar Boyd talks with host Akshat Rathi about the methane problem and the ways to solve it.
Read more: 
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-16/cheap-powerful-methane-cuts-get-support-from-turkmenistan-to-eu">A Cheap Fix to Global Warming Is Finally Gaining Support</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-27/how-much-would-it-cost-oil-and-gas-companies-to-curb-methane-leaks">The $75 Billion Climate Solution That’s a Bargain</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-31/us-courts-turkmenistan-for-historic-deal-to-cap-methane-pollution">Turkmenistan in Talks With US to Tackle Giant Methane Leaks</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-03/giant-methane-leak-in-kazakhstan-shows-climate-risk-of-gas-exploration">Scientists Say They’ve Detected a Huge Methane Leak in Kazakhstan</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">A <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-21/methane-leaks-are-the-low-hanging-fruit-of-the-climate-crisis">transcript</a> of this episode</li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special thanks to John Fraher, Meg Szabo and Kira Bindrim.  Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

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Methane leaks are the low-hanging fruit of the climate crisis

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The “cold chain” that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space; that’s 150 Empire State Buildings’ worth of freezers. Now, the developing world is catching up. On Zero, Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, discusses how refrigeration became so ubiquitous and what our reliance on it means for our palates and the planet. 

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The &ldquo;cold chain&rdquo; that delivers our food is inconspicuous but vast. The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space; that&rsquo;s 150 Empire State Buildings&rsquo; worth of freezers. Now, the developing world is catching up. On Zero, Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, discusses how refrigeration became so ubiquitous and what our reliance on it means for our palates and the planet.&nbsp;
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<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/fddf36b1-fe60-4500-b30d-b1ab015d2c0b">with Stacey Abrams on how kitchen-table decisions can cut emissions</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/22416264-e35b-4a1b-a261-b03c0110066e">with journalist George Monbiot on how the world&rsquo;s food system needs a radical rethink&nbsp;</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/cfa8f1b3-583a-46be-a41b-b07601048a9a">with two vertical farming companies taking agriculture indoors</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Kira Bindrim, Aaron Rutkoff and Monique Mulima. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Best of: How the humble refrigerator changed the world

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Capitalism can be blamed for worsening the climate crisis, says journalist Akshat Rathi, but it can also be used to drive the solutions to fix it. In this episode of TED Talks Daily, recorded at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle, Rathi discusses his book Climate Capitalism, and how the strategic use of market forces and government policies can make sustainability profitable.

Capitalism can be blamed for worsening the climate crisis, says journalist Akshat Rathi, but it can also be used to drive the solutions to fix it. In this episode of TED Talks Daily, recorded at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle, Rathi discusses his book Climate Capitalism, and how the strategic use of market forces and government policies can make sustainability profitable.

TED Talks Daily : Capitalism broke the climate. Now it can fix it

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Reporter Akshat Rathi speaks to Eric Toone of Breakthrough Energy Ventures about what’s hype and what’s not in the world of energy startups. Breakthrough is one of the world’s biggest funders of early stage climate technologies and has poured billions of dollars in more than 120 startups. Toone weighs in on everything from carbon removal to  the grid, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, and green hydrogen.

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Past episode about the plethora of carbon capture startups
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Past episode about TS Conductor’s approach to reconductoring
Past episode with Bill Gates about the areas of the energy sector he’s investing in

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Sharon Chen, Ethan Steinberg, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Reporter Akshat Rathi speaks to Eric Toone of Breakthrough Energy Ventures about what&rsquo;s hype and what&rsquo;s not in the world of energy startups. Breakthrough is one of the world&rsquo;s biggest funders of early stage climate technologies and has poured billions of dollars in more than 120 startups. Toone weighs in on everything from carbon removal to&nbsp; the grid, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, and green hydrogen.
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<li>Past episode&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/the-greenest-reason-to-drill-clean-power-thats-alw">about the drilling techniques employed by geothermal startup Fervo</a></li>
<li>Past episode&nbsp;<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/are-there-too-many-carbon-removal-startups">about the plethora of carbon capture startups</a></li>
<li>Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/how-to-build-a-battery-that-replaces-a-coal-plant">about the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery&nbsp;</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/wires-carrying-twice-the-power-show-the-future-gri">about TS Conductor&rsquo;s approach to reconductoring</a></li>
<li dir="ltr">Past episode <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/zero/why-bill-gates-is-investing-big-on-nuclear-energy">with Bill Gates about the areas of the energy sector he&rsquo;s investing in</a></li>
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Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Sharon Chen, Ethan Steinberg, and Jessica Beck. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Cutting through the climate tech hype and looking for profit

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Methane leaks are the low-hanging fruit of the climate crisis

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