Keep up to date with all the hottest cleantech news by subscribing to our (free) cleantech daily newsletter or weekly newsletter, or keep an eye on sector-specific news by getting our (also free) solar energy newsletter, electric vehicle newsletter, or wind energy newsletter. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has spent six months measuring the volume of methane escaping from pipes under New Jersey's streets with a specially equipped Google Street View car. In an interview on Wednesday, EDF Executive Director Michael Brune, who is also director of Rutgers University's Center for Energy and Environment, said that while he was not surprised by the findings, they were " disappoint@@ Leaking methane has more than 80 times the climate-warming effect of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and wastes gas that customers have already paid for.
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has spent six months measuring the volume of methane escaping from pipes under New Jersey's streets with a specially equipped Google Street View car. In an interview on Wednesday, EDF Executive Director Michael Brune, who is also director of Rutgers University's Center for Energy and Environment, said that while he was not surprised by the findings, they were "disappoint@@ Leaking methane has more than 80 times the climate-warming effect of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and wastes gas that customers have already paid for.