EAP Energy Association of Pennsylvania : DEP: Secretary Quigley to Host Webinar on New Plans to Reduce Methane Waste

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Dept. of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth News Bureau Room 308, Main Capitol Building Harrisburg PA., 17120

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

01/19/2016

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Neil Shader, DEP

717-787-1323

Secretary Quigley to Host Webinar on New Plans to Reduce Methane Waste

Secretary Quigley to Host Webinar on New Plans to Reduce Methane Waste

Harrisburg, PA -Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley will host a webinar to expand on Governor Tom Wolf's strategy to reduce methane emissions. The webinar will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 11:30 am.

Registration is required; to register, click here.

Sec. Quigley will outline the four main points of the strategy to reduce methane emissions, which contribute to climate change. Methane has a powerful short-term impact on the climate, with than 25 times more warming power than carbon dioxide over a 100-year timeframe and it's 84 times more potent than CO2 over 20 years. In addition to the climate impacts, it's estimated that methane leaks cost the energy industry an estimated $60 million each year in lost natural gas that never reaches the market.

WHAT: DEP Webinar on Methane Reduction Strategy

WHEN: Wednesday January 20, 2016
11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

TO REGISTER: Click here or copy and paste the following into your web browser:https://copa-events.webex.com/copa-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=efda89719e3a41eec9a4dc3a9ee918cc6