Shell Latest Firm to Make 'Smart' Move to Reduce Methane

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Sept. 18, 2018

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Climatewire

"Alan Krupnick, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan think tank Resources for the Future, agreed. 'My opinion is that the companies are nervous that the Trump administration will roll back regulations so much that there will be a backlash,' Krupnick said. 'The industry is already suffering from an erosion of social license to operate.'"

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Fossil Fuels

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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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