It may not be national news but it should be. A report from the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program shows that “Methane emissions from the country’s top oil and gas-producing basins have fallen 44 percent since 2011.” What’s even bigger news is this decrease came even as the country shattered energy production records when “the United States produced more crude oil than any nation at any time” for six years in a row. “These wins in emissions reductions come amid industry’s efforts to collaborate and apply monitoring and emissions reductions solutions,” shares Rikki Hrenko-Browning, President of the Utah Petroleum Association. “The country’s top oil and gas producers have come together to improve methane emissions reporting, committed to end routine flaring, and shared best practices for emissions detection…We’ve said it before and we will continue to say it until we are blue in the face: We can have both robust domestic oil and gas activity and the environment we want. This new report is proof positive of that.”
