White House targets methane emissions

Friday, April 4th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

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By Nicholas Cunningham of Oilprice.com - On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is an outgrowth of the President's Climate Action Plan announced last year. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Read full article

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Porto Margaret
There are another four key targets to watch for excessive oral methane emissions :

1. KFC
2. Héctor Timerman
3. Daniel Filmus
4. Alicia Castro

n.b. They are listed only for wastefulness to date.
Apr 04th, 2014 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
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You will find that cows come a close 5th
Apr 04th, 2014 - 12:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DennisA
More stupidity to add to the hot vapours coming from Washington.
Apr 04th, 2014 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Porto Margaret
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True, but cattle actually serve a purpose.
Apr 04th, 2014 - 07:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Does this mean that MR O is going to stop talking out of his arse?
Apr 04th, 2014 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
I note that the first state to 'control' methane is Colorado - pretty sparse on cattle feed lots and on water too! Perhaps Cargill know something we don't.
No problem with Methane clathrates in Colorado! ... Now, if Alaska were to get involved, then we could do something to correct matters - but that is REALLY pissing into the wind.

And has ANYBODY found a way to stop cattle from belching and farting us all to a methane rich climate-changed future?
Apr 05th, 2014 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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*~TROLLING_CEASE_FIRE~*
Why do you British think that insulting the leaders of other countries make you appear more educated or your points of view stronger?
Apr 05th, 2014 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Porto Margaret
#7

What leaders?
Apr 05th, 2014 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Does anybody know if there is even basic research on livestock production without gastric fermentation?
Apparently a 38% reduction in world levels of anthropogenically produced methane could be brought about if our meat-on-the-hoof could be made 'wind-less'.
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