Although methane accounts for a much smaller share of total greenhouse gas emissions than carbon dioxide does, it’s about 80 times more potent as an atmospheric warming agent. How can companies benefit from taking steps to eliminate it?
Join Steve Odland, President and CEO of The Conference Board, and guest Alexander Heil, Senior Economist at The Conference Board, to find out which three industries can profit most from reducing methane, why it’s sometimes strangely better to create more CO2, and how Norway has emerged from its coal-clouded past as a global model of emissions-reducing efficiency.
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