Startling study finds US fertilizer industry emits 100 times more methane than estimated

A disturbing new study from researchers at Cornell University and the Environment Defense Fund has independently measured methane emissions from a number of ammonia fertilizer plants. The startling results suggest methane emissions are 100 times higher than industry estimates, and three times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's estimate for all industry methane emissions in the United States.

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Category: Environment

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• Climate Change
• Environment
• Greenhouse emissions
• Methane
• Pollution

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