Clean Air Task Force (CATF) is a non-profit environmental organization staffed by scientists, engineers, MBAs, policy experts, lawyers and communications professionals in offices across the U.S. and now in Europe. We work to safeguard against the worst impacts of climate change by catalyzing the rapid global development and deployment of emerging and proven low-carbon energy and other climate-protecting technologies in order to hit global net-zero goals by 2050.

CATF has been at the forefront of methane policy development for many years. In the early 2000’s as the science of short-lived climate pollutants emerged, we brought together scientists and policy makers to build capacity and understanding of the issue and the possible solutions. From that work, we identified methane mitigation as a key opportunity for reducing global pollution and slowing the rate of change we are seeing around the world.

All thermographs you see in these albums have been shot with a FLIR GF320 infrared camera. This camera was developed to quickly and easily document methane emissions at oil and gas facilities. We are using these images to inform the public about the powerful global warming impact that methane has on the climate.

Reuters covered our work in June 2021 with an extensive article about the issue of methane emissions in Europe: www.reuters.com/business/environment/exclusive-gas-infras...