«I think that this decision represents a clear and
powerful recognition of how serious the threat of
global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on
global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources
Defense Council.
The Environmental
Defense Fund (EDF) warned that post-release, methane is 84 times more
powerful than carbon dioxide, and that 25 percent of the man - made
global warming experienced today is from methane emissions.