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Mmm, the sweet smell of methane

(Thank you to Doug Ross from Capitol EcoWatch for sending me this information.)

If you’re interested in promoting methane recovery (turning biogas into clean energy assets,) then join the international methane community in Beijing from October 30 to November 1 for The Methane to Markets Partnership Expo.

The Methane to Markets Partnership is an international initiative that advances cost-effective, near-term methane recovery and use as a clean energy source in four industrial sectors: agriculture (animal waste management), coal mines, landfills, and oil and gas systems.

Join a growing community of 20 countries and more than 500 professionals and organizations engaged in methane recovery and use projects by becoming a Methane to Markets Project Network member. For more information, visit www.methanetomarkets.org/partners/network/

For more information:
http://www.methanetomarkets.org/
http://www.epa.gov/methanetomarkets/

“By 2015, Methane to Markets has the potential to reduce annual methane emissions by up to 50 million metric tons of carbon equivalent – roughly equal to three times the greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity generated in New York State each year,” according to a press release from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is co-sponsoring the expo along with China’s National Development and Reform Commission.

Twenty times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, methane, the primary component of natural gas, is both a potent greenhouse gas and a valuable energy resource.The Methane to Markets Partnership focuses on promoting near-term, cost-effective projects that capture and use methane emissions as a clean energy source. The partnership focuses on project opportunities in agriculture, coal mining, landfill, and oil and gas sectors, where the collection and utilization of methane is possible using currently available technologies.

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