Her calculations show emission levels for nitrogen oxide, sulfur oxide and volatile organic compounds are double what the government reports.
What do small leaks mean for public health?
Thousands of unregulated small gas leaks are eroding air quality on a daily basis
In British Columbia’s northeast sector, where the oil and gas industry has been booming for the better part of a decade, there are increasing concerns about public and environmental health.
There are two reasons for worry: thousands of unregulated small leaks are eroding air quality on a daily basis and industry has a poor record when confronted by a sudden, potentially calamitous big leak.
Sorry guys, but you can’t claim natural gas is a bridge fuel unless you get a grip on this issue. The cat is out of the bag!
For decades, the B.C. government has been drastically underestimating the emissions produced by the oil and gas industry in the northeast.
Judi Krzyzanowksi, a doctoral candidate in Forest Resources Management at the University of B.C., reported in a technical paper that “actual atmospheric emissions in northeast British Columbia … are much higher than reported emissions.”
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So what might be useful right now is an update of Dr. Armendariz' Barnett Shale emissions inventory for the Environmental Defense Fund.
Taking documented discrepancies between official/industry estimates (which Dr. Armendariz used)and what we know to be the real world emission rates; mutiply that difference by the number of facilities in the BS; this time, include global warming gases as well as ozone-forming emisions.
If the results are anything like this article points to, then it would make every other people-made source of pollution in North Texas look quaint by comparison.
Anybody from EDF listening?