Washington, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Congressman Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve federal coordination of methane monitoring technologies and methane emission data-sharing, to better support the methane mitigation industry and prevent revenue loss due to leaks.

"Identifying methane leaks is critical for the success of the American energy and methane mitigation industry," said Rep. Don Beyer. "Innovative technologies are available to capture methane leakage, but a primary challenge is finding and tracking those leaks. Our legislation would coordinate monitoring systems and technologies to identify leaks more quickly and effectively than th...