Sentences with phrase «very high methane emissions»

PA, RCP8.5 includes very high methane emissions.

fernandoleanme June 11, 2015 at 3:40 am PA, RCP8.5 includes very high methane emissions.

Not exact matches

We find (i) measurements at all scales show that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH4 [methane] emissions, with the natural gas and oil sectors as important contributors; (ii) many independent experiments suggest that a small number of «super-emitters» could be responsible for a large fraction of leakage; (iii) recent regional atmospheric studies with very high emissions rates are unlikely to be representative of typical natural gas system leakage rates; and (iv) assessments using 100 - year impact indicators show system - wide leakage is unlikely to be large enough to negate climate benefits of coal - to - natural gas substitution.

Related Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations has a paper in press in the Journal of Geophysical Research challenging a widely covered «bombshell» study in that journal estimating very high rates of emissions of methane from Colorado gas and oil wells.