New Mexico probes newly found methane cloud over Permian

New Mexico Has a Methane Cloud Visible by Satellite. It Also Has Bold  Climate Plans. | NRDC

 

The discovery of a methane cloud over the Permian Basin by Bloomberg News, which tracks emissions of the gas through satellites, is being investigated by New Mexico environmental authorities.

Bloomberg reported the gas is spewing from an APA Corp. oil and gas operation and when informed of the cloud, APA, formerly known as Apache, indicated it too was unaware of the leak.

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