In February 2018, an explosion at an Ohio fracking site forced neighbors to evacuate their homes for weeks. It also dumped 60,000 tons of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. WOSUnews
"At that time, that day, there were probably 50-80 people," Nelms said. TheNelms says he knew the methane leak was a big deal, but at the time no one really understood the magnitude of it.
“The blowout and the period of time it was occurring contributed 60,000 tons of methane to the atmosphere, and it represents in the case of Ohio one-quarter of the annual emissions coming from the oil and gas industry,” says Steven Hamburg, one of the study authors and the chief scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund.
“Methane is responsible for one-quarter of the warming that we’re currently experiencing,” Hamburg says. “It’s a very potent but short lived green house gas, so reducing those emissions will have the biggest impact on slowing the rate of warming.”
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