Methane Has Many Sources as Biden Adminstration Takes Aim: Chart

摘要

The free ride for methane, a climate-warming gas 84 times stronger than carbon dioxide, is finally nearing an end in Washington with the Biden administration poised to proposeaggressive federal mandates on emissions from oil and gas wells. Curbing methane -- blamed by scientists for more than a quarter of the global warming happening today -- has acquirednew urgency as the consequences of climate change become more apparent in drought-fueled forest fires ravaging the Western U.S. and intense coastal storms drenching cities withrecord rainfalls. Yet some environmentalists worry the administration’s push is ignoring methane coming from agriculture, which is responsible for 36% of emissions from humanactivities in the U.S., according to the EPA.