http://www.climatecentral.org/news/us-60-percent-of-global-methane-growth-20037
A Harvard study found that the US is one of the leading culprits in an increase in Methane emissions, accounting for between 30 and 60 percent of all global emissions. US methane emissions have increased 30 percent, both statistics an increase from 2002. The study showed that the majority of the methane emissions in the US were from the middle of the country, but they also attributed this increase to a large gas leak in California. However, the study could not pinpoint a specific cause for the increase in emissions. The most significant aspect of this study was not its findings, but its method. It showed that the US government's method of measuring emissions from the "bottom up" estimation of gas leaks from different sources, not the "top up" satellite methods that different universities do.
This is beneficial as it shows that there are reforms that are needed in our analysis of emissions, and that they are possible to make. However, it shows that the issues in the US and globally could be much worse than anticipated as there may not be super efficient ways of analyzing emissions. In order to reach climate change goals, there needs to be mass reforms, beginning with the way we look at our emissions.
A Harvard study found that the US is one of the leading culprits in an increase in Methane emissions, accounting for between 30 and 60 percent of all global emissions. US methane emissions have increased 30 percent, both statistics an increase from 2002. The study showed that the majority of the methane emissions in the US were from the middle of the country, but they also attributed this increase to a large gas leak in California. However, the study could not pinpoint a specific cause for the increase in emissions. The most significant aspect of this study was not its findings, but its method. It showed that the US government's method of measuring emissions from the "bottom up" estimation of gas leaks from different sources, not the "top up" satellite methods that different universities do.
This is beneficial as it shows that there are reforms that are needed in our analysis of emissions, and that they are possible to make. However, it shows that the issues in the US and globally could be much worse than anticipated as there may not be super efficient ways of analyzing emissions. In order to reach climate change goals, there needs to be mass reforms, beginning with the way we look at our emissions.