{"id":756,"date":"2017-10-17T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eerl\/?p=756"},"modified":"2017-10-17T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:05:30","slug":"measuring-methane-matthew-johnson-tracks-a-potent-greenhouse-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eerl\/2017\/measuring-methane-matthew-johnson-tracks-a-potent-greenhouse-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring Methane: Matthew Johnson Tracks a Potent Greenhouse Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Carleton University Report Finds Alberta Methane Gas Emissions are Far Higher than Current Estimates<\/h1>\n<div class=\"articletext\">\n<p><strong><em>Environmental Science &amp; Technology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Publishes Study by Matthew Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A major new study by Carleton University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/matthew-johnson\/\">Matthew Johnson<\/a>\u00a0and several co-authors in Canada and the United States suggests methane emissions in the Canadian oil and gas sector are significantly higher than currently estimated and reveals critical gaps in current reporting requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.est.7b03525\"><em>Environmental Science &amp; Technology<\/em><\/a>, used an airplane to directly measure methane emissions from two oil and gas production regions and compared these results with current federal estimates and industry reported data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here for the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/our-stories\/story\/measuring-methane\/\">Full Story\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Report Finds Alberta Methane Gas Emissions are Far Higher than Current Estimates Environmental Science &amp; Technology\u00a0Publishes Study by Matthew Johnson A major new study by Carleton 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