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Comment 34 for Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Draft Strategy (slcpdraftstrategy-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Edward
Last Name: Mainland
Email Address: emainland@earthlink.net
Affiliation: Sustainable Marin
Subject: CARB Needs Do More to Cut Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
Comment:
It is high time CARB increased attention to reducing and containing methane emissions from the oil and industry. And that means especially reducing methane emissions from the electricity and transportation sectors. You have got to realize that ordinary citizens are concerned about carbon-impelled global climate disruption, and people are waking up to the fact that methane leakage is a significant factor in this disruption. Please note: As the Volkswagen scandal has made clear, there has to be a stronger diesel emissions control program in order to lessen black carbon emissions from transportation. There has to be a real and effective program of methane reduction in agriculture, and that means in dairies and anaerobic digesters. CARB should recognize and act on the fact that most landfill gas-to-energy operations still allow more GHG emissions than they save. And the countless leaks of methane from the entire natural gas network of production, distribution and consumption -- we've all seen those photos of columns of methane rising from the leaky pipelines in our cities -- means that natural gas is as dirty carbon-wise as coal if leakage is reckoned, and California should not allow a single more gas-fired power plant. It has to renewables and efficiency and conservation from here on out.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-10-29 13:28:50
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