![]() But you don't expect Terra Energy Partners to be as high as they are,” said Andrew Logan, director of the oil and gas program at Ceres, a national nonprofit advocating for an environmentally sustainable economy. “You know, you expect Exxon to be top of the list because they're so big. They say those large-scale polluters might not be who you expect, pointing to a little-known natural gas producer called Terra Energy Partners, or TEP.Īccording to federal greenhouse gas emissions data, this small, privately owned company – headquartered in Texas, but operating exclusively on Colorado’s Western Slope - was the fourth-largest source of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the entire United States in 2019. It’s about how much methane is being released into the air, where it comes from and how we regulate it.Įnvironmentalists say that some of the largest methane polluters in the state are benefiting from a sleight of hand built into a deeply flawed emissions reporting system. ![]() ![]() There’s a battle being waged over Colorado’s air quality. ![]()
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