UK oil and gas projects must now consider impacts of emissions from use, not just production
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Chanatry) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6Y62Z)
New emissions guidelines in the UK require the environmental review of fossil fuel projects to consider the emissions released when fossil fuels are burned, not just the pollution tied to the extraction process. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Paul de Leeuw, director of the Energy Transition Institute at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, about the guidelines and the larger struggle of balancing emissions reductions with energy demand.