Methane Loss Rate (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Methane Loss Rate

Caption

This chart shows monthly natural gas delivered in 2023 and 2024 to New York City and northeastern New Jersey (horizontal axis) against measured natural gas methane emissions (vertical axis). Red diamonds represent heating months and orange diamonds represent cooling months. The dotted line indicates a steady 1.7% natural gas loss rate throughout the seasons.

Credit

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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Can only use with permission from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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