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Methane leaks may greatly exceed estimates: report
Published Wed, Aug 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
New York
A DEVICE commonly used to measure methane that leaks from industrial sources may greatly underestimate those emissions, said an inventor of the technology that the device relies on.
The claim, published on Tuesday in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, suggests that the amount of escaped methane, a potent greenhouse gas, could be far greater than accepted estimates from scientists, industry and regulators.
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