N.M. report offers 'baseline' to help cut methane emissions

摘要

An advisory panel has released a technical report that covers how emissions areproduced by oil and natural gas development and how New Mexico might be able tocurb pollution from the industry.Rather than outline specific recommendations, the 300-page document is meant to bea resource for state regulators as they begin the process in 2020 of drafting formal rulesaimed at reducing methane emissions.Despite industry claims that companies have been able to reduce emissions while stillsetting production records, environmentalists have been pushing hard for moreregulations at the state level to target methane leaks and the practice of venting andflaring.