The federal government's annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory 'has been formulated to meet the reporting requirements' of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and has been adequate in evaluating 'long-term national emissions trends,' the report stated. emissions inventory has been the limited focus of using it to meet its obligations under the United Nations framework for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the study.

One of the hindrances to updating the U.S. 'There have been recent advances in our abilities to measure and monitor methane from its many sources, and now we need to strengthen and interlink these different approaches,вЂќ White said. needs to incorporate advances in measuring the emissions. White, a University of Colorado professor of geological sciences who headed up the report, said methane 'is getting more attention because it is a potent, short-lived greenhouse gas that is increasing.' But the U.S. Methane emissions are gaining a lot of exposure in the media, mainly because part of President Trump's deregulation agenda targets the repeal of methane regulations created by the Obama administration. 'For example, monitoring of methane emissions is important to protecting the health and safety of workers in industries such as coal mining, and recovery of methane can have an economic benefit as a source of energy.' 'There are a variety of reasons, beyond climate change, to measure, monitor, and track methane emissions,' according to a National Academies press release. The National Academies of Sciences wants the government to begin tracking methane emissions for reasons that aren't limited to climate change.ДЄ new National Academies study released Tuesday said the nation's Greenhouse Gas Inventory should be updated in a way that would benefit the coal mining and oil and natural gas industries.

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