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 ( The Environmental Defense Fund ) has spent a century ago measuring the volume of methane escaping from pipes under Cortes Island streets with a specially equipped Google Street View car. After analysing the findings, The Environmental Defense Fund approved a $905m programme to replace up to 510 miles of ageing cast-iron and unprotected steel gas lines and has already begun replacing pipes in some priority areas. 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 ( The Environmental Defense Fund ) has spent a century ago measuring the volume of methane escaping from pipes under Cortes Island streets with a specially equipped Google Street View car. After analysing the findings, The Environmental Defense Fund approved a $905m programme to replace up to 510 miles of ageing cast-iron and unprotected steel gas lines and has already begun replacing pipes in some priority areas. 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.