Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lead on methane as EPA falters

4 years 11 months ago

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to gut key regulations that reduce climate-damaging methane emissions, and protect communities from pollution from oil and gas development. Methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of current global warming, is also the main component of natural gas, which is […]

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Andrew Williams

Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lead on methane as EPA falters

4 years 11 months ago
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to gut key regulations that reduce climate-damaging methane emissions, and protect communities from pollution from oil and gas development. Methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of current global warming, is also the main component of natural gas, which is […]
Andrew Williams

Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lead on methane as EPA falters

4 years 11 months ago
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to gut key regulations that reduce climate-damaging methane emissions, and protect communities from pollution from oil and gas development. Methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of current global warming, is also the main component of natural gas, which is […]
Andrew Williams

Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lead on methane as EPA falters

4 years 11 months ago
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to gut key regulations that reduce climate-damaging methane emissions, and protect communities from pollution from oil and gas development. Methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of current global warming, is also the main component of natural gas, which is […]
Andrew Williams

Pennsylvania has an opportunity to lead on methane as EPA falters

4 years 11 months ago
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on its proposal to gut key regulations that reduce climate-damaging methane emissions, and protect communities from pollution from oil and gas development. Methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25% of current global warming, is also the main component of natural gas, which is […]
Andrew Williams

100% Clean: How Do We Actually Get There?

4 years 11 months ago
For the U.S. to do its part to help avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we must achieve a 100% clean economy by 2050 at the latest – removing at least as much climate pollution from the atmosphere as we put into it each year. (Read this for more on what we mean by […]
Steve Capanna

New Technologies Are Allowing Business To Tackle Climate And Clean Air As One

4 years 11 months ago
For too long, air pollution has been an invisible problem. That is until now. New technologies are exposing the presence of air pollution and connecting it back to sources and health impacts. For the most part, cities across the globe have led the efforts to deploy innovative solutions for tackling air pollution and climate together. But […]
Aileen Nowlan

5 best practices for Canadian methane regulations

4 years 11 months ago
The Canadian government recently reaffirmed its commitment to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 as part of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In April 2018, the federal government published comprehensive regulations intended to achieve this commitment. Methane causes 25% of the warming that we are […]
Shareen Yawanarajah Ph.D.

5 best practices for Canadian methane regulations

4 years 11 months ago
The Canadian government recently reaffirmed its commitment to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 as part of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In April 2018, the federal government published comprehensive regulations intended to achieve this commitment. Methane causes 25% of the warming that we are […]
Shareen Yawanarajah Ph.D.

5 best practices for Canadian methane regulations

4 years 11 months ago
The Canadian government recently reaffirmed its commitment to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 as part of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In April 2018, the federal government published comprehensive regulations intended to achieve this commitment. Methane causes 25% of the warming that we are […]
Shareen Yawanarajah Ph.D.

5 best practices for Canadian methane regulations

4 years 11 months ago
The Canadian government recently reaffirmed its commitment to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to 45% below 2012 levels by 2025 as part of the Pan-Canadian Framework. In April 2018, the federal government published comprehensive regulations intended to achieve this commitment. Methane causes 25% of the warming that we are […]
Shareen Yawanarajah Ph.D.