(File Photo: Caption for Photo: Natural gas drilling worksite with dramatic sky.)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) A new report shows U.S. companies tackling oil and gas pollution are seeing solid and strong economic growth. Pennsylvania’s methane mitigation industry is boosting the economy and job market, ranking among the top five states with fifty-one employee locations. Marcy Lowe with Datu Research says manufacturers and service firms in the industry help oil and gas operators reduce methane emissions by providing leak detection, measurement and mitigation equipment. She adds that natural gas is mostly methane, a potent greenhouse gas that drives global warming. The report states that the number of U.S. companies in methane mitigation is growing fast, and in 2024, there were two hundred sixty-eight companies, up twenty-four percent from two hundred fifteen in 2021.