Bloomberg: New York Governor Walks Back Methane Accounting Change Plan

By Stephen Lee

The shift to a 100-year timeframe would water down the impact of methane emissions on the rate of global warming by making it look less harmful than it is, said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at the Columbia Business School.

Quoted in: "New York Governor Walks Back Methane Accounting Change Plan" by Stephen Lee, Bloomberg Law (5 April 2023)

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