A study released by the Environmental Defense Fund recently reported Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry emits over 1.1 million short tons of methane annually — more than 16 times the amount reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection, according to Daily American. Although unconventional well operators reported 70,150 short tons of methane emissions in 2017, EDF’s
Read More...As the weather turns colder, more Americans are relying on clean, affordable, reliable natural gas to keep their houses warm and cook family dinners during the holidays. That’s not what Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers were thinking about in a new report on what they consider an “uncertain role” for natural gas in a clean
Read More...Although natural gas production has increased by more than 50% in the United States since 1990, methane emissions have dropped 15 percent over the same period, according to The Hill. Methane is a primary component of natural gas and a greenhouse gas that’s more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane emissions count for 10% of total greenhouse
Read More...The overwhelming majority of methane found in groundwater samples near natural gas and oil drilling sites in Pennsylvania is naturally occurring, and not related to fracking, according to a new study from Penn State University. The research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey, found 99.92 percent of the 20,751 water
Read More...As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked to revise its regulation of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, “Keep It In The Ground” activists have upped their game in spreading false information, often relying on misguided studies like those from the Environmental Defense Fund. The EPA’s proposed changes include ways to
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … It is undeniable; adding more solar power to the grid means decreases the environmental performance of baseload energy systems and grow air pollution. A North State Journal article about power generation in North Carolina reveals the problem introduced by too much solar power being added to the grid. Solar
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … A Bob Howarth methane study has gotten some traction here and there amongst the uneducated empathetic press but key data falsifying it has been ignored. We have some really knowledgeable readers here at NaturalGasNOW and one of them, who apparently read our Bob Howarth post the other day, sent
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Bob Howarth, long forgotten by most, returns with yet another pseudo-science study attacking natural gas development based on totally bizarre methane claims. I participated in a debate with Bob Howarth at Cornell several years ago. His star was already starting to fade then and he later mostly dropped from
Read More...A new Park Foundation-funded methane study is generating lots of anti-fracking headlines, despite its conclusions being at odds with the bulk of the scientific community. Cornell University professor and Food and Water Watch board member, Bob Howarth, is back and this time he claims that oil and natural gas emissions are the primary cause of
Read More...Reducing methane emissions has been a significant focus of both the U.S. oil and natural gas industry and environmentalists in recent years. Yet, the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association’s recently proposed Methane Mitigation Roadmap for the state’s industry to significantly reduce these emissions has been rejected by these same environmental groups. The recommendations within
Read More...In its latest attack on increased use of natural gas, Global Energy Monitor claims that liquefied natural gas “poses a direct challenge to Paris climate goals.” And despite the absurdity of such an argument – when natural gas is credited with helping decrease U.S. emissions to their lowest levels since the early 1990s – media
Read More...Jennifer StewartSenior Vice President for Government and Regulatory AffairsSouthwestern Energy Co. … … The natural gas industry is making enormous progress and, in fact, leading the way in reducing emissions, says Southwestern Energy, one its own leaders. As the world’s top natural gas producer, the United States is also leading the world in curbing emissions.
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