Event Details:
David Lyon of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) speaking about their multi-faceted analysis of methane emissions from the Permian Basin.
David talks about how the EDF's Permian Methane Analysis Project is using multiple approaches to quantifying oil and gas methane emissions at different spatiotemporal scales in the country’s largest oil basin. The presentation will cover the scientific approach, initial findings, and challenges of managing a campaign with both science and advocacy goals.
Bio
David Lyon is a scientist at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), a nonpartisan environmental advocacy organization with over 2.5 million members and 700 staff guided by science and economics to find solutions to urgent environmental problems. David has worked at EDF for 8 years researching methane emissions and other air pollution from the oil and gas industry. Prior to EDF, David worked at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality managing the state’s emissions inventory program. David earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Dynamics from the University of Arkansas with dissertation research on the quantification, assessment, and mitigation of O&G methane emissions.