"Is gas really better than coal for the climate?"
Daniel Raimi is quoted in E&E News on US greenhouse gas emission levels.
Daniel Raimi was quoted in E&E News on US greenhouse gas emission levels. Listed below is a partial quote:
“A recent study by the Environmental Defense Fund found that 3.7% of natural gas produced in the Permian Basin leaked into the atmosphere. That's enough to erase the greenhouse gas benefits of quitting coal for gas in the near term.
‘The first thing to say is the 3.7% number really jumps off the page,’ said Daniel Raimi, a researcher at Resources for the Future. ‘It is a really high emission rate. It is yet another indicator that the U.S. oil and gas system emits more than current EPA estimates would suggest.’”
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