See also: Methane Madness: Science Does Not Support White House Policy The White House-EPA plan to control methane emissions is but the latest effort against our domestic energy industry and would simply raise costs to consumers.  It acts like an energy tax, but with no money flowing into the US Treasury – a pure waste of resources.  EPA is apparently unaware that the generally believed greenhouse (GH) effectiveness of methane (when compared to a molecule of CO2) is too high by a factor of about 100.  In addition, atmospheric methane levels are roughly 200 times less than those of CO2 – yielding a GH overestimate of about 20,000.  This display of recent scientific ignorance has brought back memories of 45 years ago. My involvement with methane began in 1970 while I was serving as deputy assistant secretary in the US Department of Interior.  One day, the FAA asked me to chair a technical panel to evaluate the possible effects on stratospheric...(Read Full Article)