Market Forces Can't Fix Methane-Gas Emissions

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July 20, 2015

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The National Interest

Alan Krupnick, an economist at Resources for the Future, points out: “some types of leaks are cheap to fix relative to their value and others are more expensive.” Further what is easily affordable for one company may be less affordable to another. Without government intervention only some of the emissions will be reduced by some of the companies.

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Alan Krupnick

Senior Fellow; Director, Industry and Fuels Program

Alan Krupnick is a senior fellow at RFF.

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