Gas Utility Emissions Decline

摘要

The US Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) said annual emissions from the gas distribution system has declined 69% from 1990 to 2019 as gas utility companies added more than 788,000 miles of pipeline to serve 21 million more customers.EPA's Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sink reported that distribution systems owned and operated by local gas utilities emit 0.08% of produced gas.Industry-wide gas emissions as a rate of production are now 1%,well below the most stringent thresholds for immediate climate benefits achieved through coal-togas switching,EPA said.