Methane Emissions Reduction Efforts Should Prioritize Organic Wastes, Energy Vision's Analysis Finds
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Friday, September 24, 2021
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As governments work to cut methane emissions to fight climate change, analysis by the national sustainable energy non-profit Energy Vision shows that reducing emissions from organic wastes would cut methane more deeply and at lower cost than reducing emissions from the fossil fuel industry.
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- NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As governments work to cut methane emissions to fight climate change, analysis by the national sustainable energy non-profit Energy Vision shows that reducing emissions from organic wastes would cut methane more deeply and at lower cost than reducing emissions from the fossil fuel industry.
- Last week the US and EU committed to cutting methane emissions 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
- "Lowering methane emissions in the fossil fuel sector is critically important, but at the same time, policymakers should understand that there are much more efficient ways of cutting methane emissions than plugging methane leaks in abandoned oil and gas operations," says Energy Vision president Matt Tomich.
- "Our research shows that trapping the methane biogases from decomposing organic wastes could cut methane emissions more deeply and at much lower cost."