It Happens Here Too: Methane Pollution in Europe’s oil and gas network

The report provides evidence of methane emissions at 180 out of over 250 oil and gas sites visited across 11 European countries. It highlights a current lack of EU-wide policy and common standards for addressing venting, flaring, and fugitive emissions. The author suggests that as the world's largest fossil fuel importer, the EU could drive global methane mitigation by setting stringent standards for imports.

• Methane pollution is widespread across Europe, with evidence of emissions found at 180 of the more than 250 oil and gas sites visited across 11 countries.
• There is currently no EU-wide policy to reduce methane emissions, which leads to inconsistent operational practices regarding fugitive emissions, flaring, and venting among member states.

APA

Turitto, J. (2021). It Happens Here Too: Methane Pollution in Europe’s oil and gas network. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/resource/it-happens-here-too-methane-pollution-in-europe/

Chicago

Turitto, James. It Happens Here Too: Methane Pollution in Europe’s oil and gas network. Clean Air Task Force, 2021. https://www.catf.us/resource/it-happens-here-too-methane-pollution-in-europe/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{turitto2021happens, author = {Turitto, James}, title = {{It Happens Here Too: Methane Pollution in Europe’s oil and gas network}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2021}, month = dec, url = {https://www.catf.us/resource/it-happens-here-too-methane-pollution-in-europe/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }