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Report: Beyond Kyoto: Why Climate Policy Needs to Adopt the 20-year Impact of Methane
Released in 2008
Current accounting protocols for greenhouse gas emissions fail to address the short-term risks and opportunities of methane (CH4) emissions. Correcting the time horizon — a policy, not scientific decision— launches methane abatement from a climate afterthought to an essential first step forward in the fight against global climate change and recognizes landfill methane emissions as a source equivalent to 20% of U.S. coal-fired power plants.