Photo by @edkashi/@viiphoto: In this photo from 2004 a resident of Sanghana town, in the Niger Delta, attempts to board an oilrig as a form of protest. A Dec. 29, 2014 article on the @washingpost states, “Methane accounts for about 9% of US greenhouse gas emissions, and the biggest single source of it – nearly 30% - is the oil and gas industry.” Methane emissions caused by gas flaring is a serious issue worldwide; gas flaring impacts the #environment as a major contributor to #climatechange. Nigeria is among the top 30 nations in methane emissions from oil and gas according to a recent Environmental Defense Fund Report, “Untapped Potential”. A recent article in the @nytimes references this report, “if the 30 nations that emit the most methane from oil and gas reduced emissions by 50% by 2030, the impact on climate change of curtailing that waste would be as great as stopping the combined CO2 emissions of India and the entire European Union in 2012.” In the US (another country on this top 30 list), “the Obama administration has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to as much as 28% below 2005 levels by 2025, and to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production by up to 45% from 2012 levels by 2025.” #actonclimatechange #positivechange @everydayclimatechange
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