US Fertilizer Plants Emit 100 Times the Methane Reported

Published by the Environmental News Service

ITHACA, New York, June 6, 2019 (ENS) – Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from the ammonia fertilizer industry have been greatly underestimated, finds new research from Cornell University and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund. The methane emissions were higher than the EPA’s estimate for all industrial processes in the United States.

Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2019/06/06/us-fertilizer-plants-emit-100-times-the-methane-reported/

top