Highlighting job opportunities in the emerging industry to detect and repair leaks in natural gas facilities, national media cited our recent report prepared for EDF, “Find & Fix: Job Creation in the Emerging Methane Leak Detection and Repair Industry.” Read more…
Print Coverage:
- Albuquerque Business First:Policies that target oil and gas methane emissions could result in job opportunities
- Colorado News Connection:Stopping natural gas leaks and creating jobs in Colorado
- E&E ClimateWire: “Leak detection industry sees profits in oil and gas regs”
- Energy Collective (pickup of Williams/Mogstad blog): “How polluting less can help Pennsylvania employ more”
- Fuel Fix (Houston Chronicle Blog): “Methane detection jobs booming”
- Houston Chronicle: “Methane rules creating jobs, study says”
- Keystone State News Connection:Report Finding Gas Leaks a Win-Win-Win
- New Mexico News Connection:Methane Mitigation Means Cleaner Air, Good Jobs
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Regulations uncertain, methane detection has economic benefits, group says”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (LTE from Margie Swanson): “We need to be more aware of the dangers from methane”
- POLITICO Morning Energy, April 12 edition
○ TAKE A GLANCE! STOPPING METHANE LEAKS OFFERS JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Research released Tuesday, commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund, finds jobs associated with detecting and repairing methane leaks are scattered throughout 60 companies in 45 states. The majority of those companies are small businesses and have experienced up 30 percent business growth in states with methane regulations.
- Public News Service: “Report: Finding, fixing gas leaks a win-win-win”
Broadcast Coverage:
- KDKA-AM Radio – Pittsburgh, PA
- WPXI-PIT (NBC)- Pittsburgh, PA
- PCNC – Pittsburgh Cable News Channel, Pittsburgh, PA
- WPGH-PIT (FOX) – Pittsburgh, PA