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White House Attacks Heat-Trapping Methane, Second Biggest Climate Pollutant
2014-04-03 12:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: The White House recently released its long-awaited Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions. Promised in President Obama's Climate Action Plan last June, the methane strategy is a big step in the right direction. Methane (CH4) is a powerful heat-trapping pollutant, much more potent pound for pound than carbon dioxide, and is the second most important climate pollutant overall. Curbing the big sources of methane is essential to meeting the Presidents climate protection target of reducing U.S. heat-trapping...
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White House methane strategy next step in climate plan
2014-03-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: The White House has gotten a mixed response from industry and a mostly positive reaction from greens since unveiling the latest step in President Barack Obama's climate strategy: a plan for reducing emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas produced by everything from natural gas development to dairy farming. The White House estimated on Friday that the administration-wide strategy could cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 90 million metric tons in 2020. Some elements of the plan could...
White House Targets Livestock in Push to Cut Methane Emissions
2014-03-29 17:50:38| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Obama administration's push to cut methane emissions puts a bull's-eye on an issue that has long drawn criticism of the agriculture industry from environmentalists.
White House presses forward on 'methane strategy.'
2014-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News and World Report: The Obama administration has redoubled its campaign to reduce the countrys greenhouse gas emissions. At a conference on Capitol Hill on Friday morning, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy talked up a new set of national carbon standards that she plans to formally unveil in June. Speaking at a gathering of the American Council on Renewable Energy, she reiterated earlier pledges that the rules -- which would mostly apply to existing coal-fired power plants -- would provide...
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White House plan targets methane emissions
2014-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The White House announced a wide-ranging plan Friday aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, landfills and other sources. The plan, part of President Barack Obama's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, comes amid concerns about increased methane emissions resulting from an ongoing boom in drilling for oil and natural gas. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas released by landfills, cattle and leaks from oil and gas production. Methane...
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