Moderator: Ross Zelen, Chief Committee Consultant, CA Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies
Panel:
Penfield Tate III, Chief Environmental Justice Officer, Project Canary
Judy Lai Norling, Chief Operating Officer, Carbon Mapper
Aaron Van Pelt, Chief Commercial Officer, QLM Technology, Ltd.
Ed Newton, Gas Engineering Programs Manager, SoCal Gas
Coby Skye, Deputy Director, LA County Public Works
Over a 20-year period, one ton of methane has a global warming potential that is 84 to 87 times greater than carbon dioxide. As the federal government looks to tackle methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, our landfills, and our agricultural system, how are state and regional governments leveraging this political opportunity to eliminate leaks and capture more of this profitable gas? This panel will focus on the important role that monitoring companies can play in reducing methane emissions and how they are forming partnerships with government leaders to generate useful data.