Response of the Environmental Protection Agency to Public Submissions: Notice and Comment Process in Methane Emission Deregulation
IGS Research | July 2021
EPA Methane Emission Controls, Obama vs Trump vs Biden: What Needs to Be Fixed and What Should Be Left Alone
IGS Research | May 2021
Should Methane Emissions Regulations Be Prescriptive or Performance Based?
IGS Blog | Regulatory shortcomings have led to inadequate methane reductions in the U.S.
The Global Warming Potential Misrepresents the Physics of Global Warming Thereby Misleading Policy Makers
IGS Research | November 2020
Popular Climate Change Metric Misleads Policymakers
A widely used metric in policymaking circles uses over-simplified forecasting methods that can lead to costly mistakes. The Global Warming Potential (GWP) metric has significant shortcomings—it is poorly grounded in physics, arbitrarily designed, difficult to understand, overly naïve as a policy driver, and in some cases potentially misleading. The ISE’s new report, The Global Warming […]
EPA Rescinds Methane Control Regulations. What Does It Mean for Methane Detection Technology?
IGS Blog | EPA Rescinds Methane Control Regulations. What Does It Mean for Methane Detection Technology?
Flaring of Natural Gas in Guyana: Why Is It Happening, and How Can It Be Minimized?
IGS Blog | Flaring of Natural Gas in Guyana: Why Is It Happening, and How Can It Be Minimized?
Detecting Giant Methane Leaks
The New York Times recently put a spotlight on one of the biggest known methane leaks in recent years, a natural gas well blowout in Ohio that emitted about 120 metric tons of methane an hour for 20 days (Methane Leak, Seen From Space, Proves to Be Far Larger Than Thought). New satellite technology is […]
Encouraging Congress to Enact the Best Possible Environmental Regulations
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas. Although the mass of methane emitted by human activity is only 1/100 that of carbon dioxide, its immediate warming effect is comparable because methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas. Globally, the oil and gas industry is responsible for 15% of all methane emissions, natural and […]
Better Rules for Natural Gas Leak Detection and Repair
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