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New study finds flaring source of five times more pollution than previously thought

  2022-09-30 in blogs.edf.org

A new study out today in the journal Science finds that climate-warming methane emissions from flaring, the practice of burning off gas rather than capturing it for productive use, are five times higher than government estimates — primarily due to unlit and malfunctioning flares. Researchers conclud

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Greenhouse Gases: How Long Will They Last?

  2008-02-26 in blogs.edf.org

This post is by Lisa Moore, Ph.D., a scientist in the Climate and Air program at Environmental Defense. In a comment on my Global Warming Crib Sheet, johnmashey asked if I could say something about the lifetimes of greenhouse gases - that is, how long different greenhouse gases stay in the atmosp


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