Robert Howarth, a Cornell University ecology and environmental biology professor whose work has focused on the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas, said the proposed EPA rule is a step in the right direction for tracking greenhouse gas emissions, and it’s important that the EPA wants individual wells and their emissions to be publicly identified. But there are problems, he said. “The EPA approach continues to rely on self-reporting by industry on their emissions, with no independent verification by EPA or by others,” Howarth said. “Since the industry has a vested interest in having emissions be low, this provides a strong bias towards under-estimation.”
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 20:15:15 +0000
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