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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Oliver Milman

US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating methane identified by satellite analysis

a flare burns at an oil well
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well in August 2021, in North Dakota. Photograph: Matthew Brown/AP

Down a short gravel track in a largely nondescript corner of Louisiana sits a gas processing facility, operated by a company whose chief executive is a major donor to Donald Trump. It may be the largest emitter of methane in the US.

The Energy Transfer site, located near the city of Shreveport, is named as the biggest single “super-emitter” in new rankings of US oil and gas operations for the largest releases of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that is rapidly overheating our planet, according to a new UCLA study, which is based on satellite data.

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