Virtual Meeting

Confronting Climate Change: Methane Emissions and the Environment

Thursday, October 1, 2020

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Speakers

Alice C. Hill

David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations; @Alice_C_Hill

Fred Krupp

President, Environmental Defense Fund

Gretchen Watkins

President, Shell Oil Company

Presider

Tracy B. McKibben

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MAC Energy Advisors LLC; CFR Member

Energy Security and Climate Change Program

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced it would rescind some methane reporting regulations, a decision now being debated in federal court. Speakers discuss the environmental risks of methane and its effect on climate change, difficulties in detecting emissions, and current efforts in the private sector to curb methane leaks.

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