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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Study: Emissions from Power Plants, Refineries May Be Far Higher Than Reported



Study: Emissions From Power Plants, Refineries May Be Far Higher Than Reported

By By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog,   /  Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:00 AM
Germany Plans 26 New Coal-Fired Power Plants
A new peer-reviewed paper in Environmental Science and Technology suggests that methane emissions from natural gas power plants and oil refineries may be significantly higher than accounted for in current inventories. The report estimates average hourly methane emissions 11 to 90 times higher for refineries, and 21 to 120 times higher for natural gas power

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