Watchdog Group Seeking Federal Probe Into EPA Methane Studies

摘要

A watchdog organization is seeking an investigation into the validity of two methane studies released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2013 and 2014. NC WARN, a North Carolina environmental nonprofit, filed a complaint with the EPA inspector general last week. The 68-page document maintains that study leaders severely underestimated the amount of methane released by the oil and gas sector because they ignored a known flaw in the measuring equipment.