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Curbing Climate Change by Sealing Gas Leaks

Three trillion cubic feet of methane leak into the air every year, with Russia and the United States the leading sources, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s official estimate. (This amount has the warming power of emissions from over half the coal plants in the United States.) And government scientists and industry officials caution that the real figure is almost certainly higher.

By ANDREW C. REVKIN and CLIFFORD KRAUSS

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/business/energy-environment/15degrees.html?_r=1&hpw

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