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Methane to Markets Partnership
epa.gov - 10/22/2009
Methane to Markets Partnership
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Provided $10.4 million in support in fiscal year (FY) 2008, bringing the total U.S. financial commitment to approximately $40 million on a range of projects since the Partnership's inception. When fully implemented, these projects will deliver estimated annual emission reductions of ...

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Keeping Natural Gas in Pipelines, Not the Air
Dot Earth — ... The Environmental Protection Agency issued its latest report on the Methane to Markets program aimed at encouraging industries to capture “fugitive” emissions of the one greenhouse gas that’s a valuable fuel, methane. (Nearly all of natural gas is methane.) The illustration above shows the emissions captured so far in international partnerships and those identified but not yet pursued. The gains are substantial, and — ...

Keeping Natural Gas in Pipelines, Not the Air
Green Inc. — ... blog: The Environmental Protection Agency issued its latest report on the Methane to Markets program aimed at encouraging industries to capture “fugitive” emissions of the one greenhouse gas that’s a valuable fuel, methane. (Nearly all of natural gas is methane.) The illustration above shows the emissions captured so far in international partnerships and those identified but not yet pursued. The gains are substantial, and — ...

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