First Name | Suguru |
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Last Name | Ide |
Email Address | tide@koveva.com |
Affiliation | Koveva Ltd. |
Subject | CMM |
Comment | My name is Taku Ide and I strongly support implementing protocols to reduce methane from abaondoned and active coal mines. I had the opportunity to study about methane flow within coal seams under the guidance of Professor Lynn Orr (nominated by President Obama to be the next Under Secretary of Science at the DOE) at Stanford University as a Ph.D. student in Petroleum Engineering. During my career at Stanford, we conclusively measured methane seepage through coal seams to the atmosphere as a result of anthropogenic activities. We suspected at the time that such seepage was prevalent all throughout the U.S. Since graduating from my program, I have made several high-order measurements of methane seeps from coal seams in Colorado, New Mexico, and on Indian Reservations. Our results confirmed that methane seepages from coal seams occur in many states, and at many active and abandoned coal mines. Reducing such emissions would be a positive step towards preventing further increases in GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. The California Air Resource Board's compliance offset protocol for mine methane projects provides key economic driver that allows methane to be destroyed from leaky coal mines. I fully support the mine methane protocol. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2014-04-04 14:26:42 |
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