# Olya Irzak

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Much talk of CO2, but what about methane?!—w/ Olya Irzak of Frost Methane

Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. In fact, methane emissions are responsible for 16% of the warming we experience today. And because methane is more potent than CO2, we can make a big impact in a short period of time by addressing the concentrated, co…

#8 - Problem-Solving for Sustainability with Olya Irzak

Today I’m speaking with Olya Irzak. Olya runs Frost Methane, a company that develops technology to mitigate climate change. Together, her team invented a device to flare leaks to reduce methane emissions. As methane is responsible for 20% of global warming and is 28x more potent than CO2, Frost Met…

Olya Irzak of Diamond List

Today on Point 01, Aaron Cohen sits down with Olya Irzak, Co-Founder and CEO of Frost Methane and Co-Founder of the Diamond List. A former software engineer at Google, Olya turned her attention towards climate and worked at various early-stage startups aimed at mitigating the climate crisis. This l…

TE014:Olya Irzak

I sat down with my friend Olya where she told me her story about coming from Russia to the US, working in tech with the goal of working on climate issues and here latest company/project Methane Frost Labs. Groups or sites mentioned during this conversation: https://www.frostmethane.com/http://home.…

Mitigating Methane Emissions with Olya Irzak From Frost Methane

We haven’t really had the chance to focus our attention on a company that is dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as the sole driver of their business model, aside from Blue X Energy. Frost Methane’s CEO and my guest today Olya Irzak is here to tell me about how carbon markets and cap and…

Frost Methane’s Plan to Destroy, Valorize Emissions

According to the IEA’s 2025 Global Methane Tracker, methane is responsible for around 30% of the current rise in global temperature. Mitigating methane, which has more than 80x the warming potential of CO2 over a 20-year period, is critical to addressing climate change. In this episode of ESG Curre…

Data centers’ looming methane surge

It’s no secret that hyperscalers’ behind-the-meter gas bonanza has generated enormous CO2 emissions. But the AI boom is responsible for another, less-publicized emissions issue: upstream and onsite methane leaks that could derail decarbonization efforts. In this episode, Shayle Kann speaks with Ol…