Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Deadly Influence: Powerful Oil Companies Force EPA to Undercount Methane Emissions | Alternet

Deadly Influence: Powerful Oil Companies Force EPA to Undercount Methane Emissions | Alternet



A new study published in Science magazine reveals that the Environmental Protection Agency has been drastically undercounting the amount of global temperature-boosting methane gas in the air by as much as 50%--the amount equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 252 coal power plants over a 20-year time period.



Can you say oligopoly? (or is that oil-ogopoly?)

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