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Equipment that’s designed to cut methane emission is failing

Sharon Wilson points a thermal imaging camera towards a compressor station in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Wilson, a field advocate for Earthworks, which promotes alternatives to fossil fuels, uses the camera to detect methane leaks at oil and gas facilities. (AP Photo/LM Otero) The screen on a thermal imaging camera shows methane leaking from tanks at a compressor station in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. According to the International Energy Agency, methane is to blame for roughly 30% of the global warming that has occurred since the Industrial Revolution. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Sharon Wilson, holding a thermal imaging camera, points to tanks she said were leaking methane in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Wilson, a field advocate for Earthworks, which promotes alternatives to fossil fuels, uses the camera to detect methane leaks at oil and gas facilities. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Sharon Wilson points a thermal imaging camera towards a compressor station in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Wilson, a field advocate for Earthworks, which promotes alternatives to fossil fuels, uses the camera to detect methane leaks at oil and gas facilities. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Sharon Wilson sets up a thermal imaging camera near a compressor station in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Wilson, a field advocate for Earthworks, which promotes alternatives to fossil fuels, uses the high-tech camera to detect methane leaks at oil and gas facilities. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Equipment that’s designed to cut methane emission is failing