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The Biden Administration this month announced several initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial and manufacturing sectors.

ADVERTISEMENT METHANE ON THE BRAIN:  Study: EPA underestimated methane emissions from oil and gas development The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated methane emissions caused by oil and gas production by as much as 76 percent, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. The assessment found emissions at levels between 48 percent and 76 percent higher than the EPAs estimates. How’d they find that? Researchers from Pennsylva...

Businesses are encouraged to provide input on EPA’s HFC allowance allocation process during the forthcoming public comment period. To achieve the objectives of the...

DeSmog Jan 8, 2020 @ 14:41 This week, plans to build one of the world’s largest plastics and petrochemical plants in St. James Parish, Lousiana — the heart of the state’s notorious Cancer Alley — inched forward as Lousiana approved air quality permits that could allow the plant to release 13.6 million tons per year of greenhouse gases — equal to three coal-fired power plants — and a host of other pollutants. The St. James plant would be the single most polluting facility of 157 pl...

Overview Hydrogen has over the last century enjoyed repeated bouts of interest as a fuel source. Though these have repeatedly fallen flat, hydrogen-based production has recently enjoyed a renaissance, due to a trifecta of improving political, economic, and technological conditions. Importantly, hydrogen presents an answer to a major problem in the energy transition debate: decarbonizing fuel sources while maintaining energy security and reliability. While electrification has a first-mover advan...