Environmentalists Cite Methane Cuts As Test For Future Gas Sector Role

A prominent environmentalist is framing the oil and gas industry’s ability to cut methane emissions as a high-profile test of whether the public can ultimately trust the sector to manage carbon dioxide sequestration from its operations and safely ramp up development of hydrogen as an alternative energy source. The warning comes as EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) is poised to review the technical basis for the agency’s proposal to strengthen its methane standards for the sector, arguing that EPA’s plan...