Natural Gas Systems / John Wiley & Sons Ltd. / Creative Commons / /
Continent
North America / Europe / /
Country
United States / / /
Event
Environmental Issue / /
Facility
PERSPECTIVE A bridge / Cornell University / Pennsylvania flyover / NASA Goddard Space Institute / /
IndustryTerm
gas industry using emission factors / gas footprint / gas production / conventional and unconventional gas / greenhouse gas footprints / electricity comparison / unit energy / possible technologies / shale gas / gas appliance / gas systems / energy policy / gas heater / shale oil wells / unconventional gas / shallower gas / oil and gas / immense media coverage / upstream shale gas emissions / greenhouse gas / gas lines / oil / fossil energy / gas pipelines / long-distance transportation fuel / average use heat energy / media attention / energy / greenhouse gas emissions / oil and gas industry / gas industry / industrial process energy / unconventional gas wells / greenhouse gas consequences / transportation fuel / heat energy / gas production segment / gas system / electricity / greenhouse gas footprint / shale gas development / conventional gas / electricity generation / shale gas wells / gas use / unconventional gas emissions / conventional and unconventional gas wells / gas emissions / electricity production / gas distribution systems / shale gas field / unconventional gas fields / energy system / diesel oil / shale gas production / oil wells / potent greenhouse gas / /
Organization
Robert W. Howarth Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / American Gas Foundation / NASA Goddard Space Institute / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Cornell University / Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology / Society of Chemical Industry / American Geophysical Union / Wallace Global Fund / United States Congress / United Nations / Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley / Park Foundation / Environmental Defense Fund / /
Person
Obama / Tony Ingraffea / Robert W. Howarth / Renee Santoro / / /
Position
President / Inspector General / Author / representative / /
PERSPECTIVE A bridge to nowhere: methane emissions and the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas Robert W. Howarth Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853