Citing EPA Data, Jobs Report, EDF Steps Up Push For New Methane Limits

Environment Defense Fund (EDF) is stepping up its calls for EPA to regulate emissions of methane, the potent greenhouse gas (GHG), from natural gas production and supply, citing new agency data showing growing emissions at unregulated sources and a new study showing the economic benefits of methane emissions abatement. On an Oct. 2 call with reporters, Mark Brownstein, EDF's lead counsel and vice president for climate programs, said that the agency's recent findings from its GHG reporting program shows that...