Marketplace: “New Fees and New Tech May Curb Methane Emissions”
RFF Fellow Brian Prest gives some background on methane leakage in a story about how the United States can work to reduce methane emissions.
So why aren’t methane emissions decreasing in the energy sector? The potent greenhouse gas is everywhere you find natural gas, from liquefied natural gas terminals and wellheads to stoves.
“If you have a gas stove, when you turn it on, it’s largely methane that is being combusted there to heat your food,” said Brian Prest with think tank Resources for the Future.
He said companies have made efforts to cut emissions, but their projects still leak methane. For instance: “Something going wrong in a valve and suddenly you have a bunch of methane spewing out,” he said.
