Americas > California mine methane capture offsets risk non-additionality and increasing coal profitability -study

California mine methane capture offsets risk non-additionality and increasing coal profitability -study

Published 22:16 on August 26, 2019  /  Last updated at 22:25 on August 26, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, US, Voluntary

The design of California’s mine methane capture (MMC) offset protocol may incentivise non-additional emission reductions and allow coal operations to run longer by improving profitability, researchers said in a new study.
The design of California’s mine methane capture (MMC) offset protocol may incentivise non-additional emission reductions and allow coal operations to run longer by improving profitability, researchers said in a new study.


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