Avisale a la EPA que el frackin agrava el cambio climático
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EPA is underestimating fracking’s impacts on climate change
Urge EPA: use the latest, best science when calculating methane’s impacts on global warming
Methane -- the main component of natural gas -- is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
How much more potent? That’s what the EPA is currently deciding as it updates its greenhouse gas reporting rule. And right now, they’re doing it wrong.
This matters because one of the main arguments for increased natural gas production is that it’s climate friendly. But actually, if you count methane emissions using the latest and best science, it’s not.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the folks who sounded the alarm on global warming in the first place – says that methane is 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide. That’s much greater than what EPA is proposing to use.
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Urge EPA: use the latest, best science when calculating methane’s impacts on global warmingMethane -- the main component of natural gas -- is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
How much more potent? That’s what the EPA is currently deciding as it updates its greenhouse gas reporting rule. And right now, they’re doing it wrong.
This matters because one of the main arguments for increased natural gas production is that it’s climate friendly. But actually, if you count methane emissions using the latest and best science, it’s not.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the folks who sounded the alarm on global warming in the first place – says that methane is 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide. That’s much greater than what EPA is proposing to use.
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