Methane emissions have gone up everywhere except Europe
US oil and gas drilling, along with agricultural production worldwide, are driving up global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, two new studies show.That marks a shift from the 2000s, when methane output from human activity came mostly from coal mines. But from 2007 through 2017, methane emissions climbed on leaks from fossil fuel…
US oil and gas drilling, along with agricultural production worldwide, are driving up global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, two new studies show.
That marks a shift from the 2000s, when methane output from human activity came mostly from coal mines. But from 2007 through 2017, methane emissions climbed on leaks from fossil fuel operations and on food production as people around the world ate more meat.
In the United States, now the world’s top oil and gas producer, increased drilling by the industry contributed most to the rise.
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