The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy have announced that applications are open for $850 million in federal funding for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors.
Oil and natural gas facilities are the largest industrial source of methane in the United States. A climate "super pollutant," it is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring in the country, according to EPA.
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by Joji Xavier
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