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Is this based on reported emissions from oil/gas sites or actual emissions? Because there was a big report recently that showed that many gas and oil processing
by defterGoose 7y ago
Is this based on reported emissions from oil/gas sites or actual emissions? Because there was a big report recently that showed that many gas and oil processing operations are routinely emitting far more methane than they claim, due to leaks and other faulty equipment.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/12/climate/texas-methane-super-emitters.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/12/climate/texas...
- ncmncm 7y agoYes, the numbers for methane pollution in both coal and oil extraction are entirely untrustworthy, and a headline comparing them is just clickbait. That said, methane emission associated with coal extraction is very large, and is another good reason (piled on the rest) to put an earlier stop to it.
- kyralis 7y agoDid either you or the parent read the article? It's explicitly based on a new scientific study attempting to use the areas where there is good data to get better estimates on the incidental methane releases than we've had before.