Sentences with phrase «reduced fugitive methane»

These include increased use of renewable natural gas, reduced fugitive methane emissions, less need for synthetic fertilizers, and increased land restoration.

We do, however, know enough on how to reduce fugitive methane now — for the good of the environment and human health.

We outline a number of state and federal policies and industry best practices to cost - effectively reduce fugitive methane emissions.

With the litany of policies and cost - effective technologies available to governments and industry, we can reduce fugitive methane emissions and take a step toward preventing the worsening impacts of climate change.

Not exact matches

«[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of «green technologies» to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional gas, base their comparison between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of coal), and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of gas compared to coal that does not capture the contrast between the long residence time of CO2 and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere.»

Second, he should push for federal regulations of the fracking industry to reduce water pollution and fugitive methane emissions.

While it's clear that some companies are taking advantage of best practices to reduce these emissions, there are also now many more companies operating in this space — it's impossible to determine how many of them are actively reigning in fugitive methane.

Recent standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will substantially reduce leakage from natural gas systems, but to help slow the rate of global warming and improve air quality, further action by states and EPA should directly address fugitive methane from new and existing wells and equipment.