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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) slightly increased its maximum monetary civil penalties for violations of air, water, chemical, and hazardous waste programs in December 2020 to keep pace with inflation.

Emerson, a global automation technology and software company, has received the “IoT Analytics Platform of the Year” award for its Plantweb Optics™ Analytics software.

United Electric Controls, a leading producer of safety, alarm and shutdown technology, offers the Vanguard WirelessHART gas detector.

The Sniffers, the leading international environmental and integrity service provider, and Kayrros, the leading global carbon tracking company, are joining forces to provide a methane monitoring solution for gas and energy companies worldwide.The Sniffers conducts in-depth surveys of oil and gas facilities to identify and quantify methane emissions from installations directly at their sources.

Global Drone Inspection (GDI), the new subsidiary company of robotic inspection specialists RIMS BV, have introduced the use of ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) for the inspection of in water ship assets.

For over a decade, Valve World Americas Expo & Conference has continued to grow, establishing itself as the largest valve event and flow control educator in North America.Throughout 2020, Valve World Americas acted as a constant and secure channel for the valve community, serving as a virtual companion, connecting the industry during a time when the world felt completely isolated.

GHGSat, the global leader in high-resolution greenhouse gas monitoring from space, has successfully completed the launch of its third satellite, GHGSat-C2 ("Hugo"), which launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:00 ET / 15:00 UTC on January 24th, 2021.The satellite, brokered and integrated via Nanoracks, separated from Falcon 9, 68 min after liftoff.

ESC Spectrum has announced the release of QAInsight, a subscription-based software that helps utilities and other industrial

Canada’s Imperial Oil says it will update its carbon pollution disclosure “in the coming months,” after parent company Exxon Mobil released a report on its emissions from the use of its own products for the first time.Exxon leaned into investor pressure and released information last week showing the carbon pollution that is generated when its products are used, such as when the gasoline sold at company-affiliated gas stations, is combusted inside vehicle engines.This measurement of pollution, known by its technical term “Scope 3." Exxon’s Scope 3 emissions, the company admitted in its 2021 Energy and Carbon Summary, were equivalent to 730 megatons (Mt) of carbon dioxide in 2019.

ExxonMobil disclosed emissions data on customers’ use of its fuels and other products for the first time after receiving pressure from investors.The oil giant's Scope 3 emissions from petroleum-product sales were equivalent to 730 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019, according to the company’s Energy and Carbon Summary released last week.