Patagonia and environmental groups analyzed how much methane would be emitted by California's planned Sites Reservoir, projecting a large climate impact.
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The groups used a newly developed modeling tool to estimate greenhouse gas emissions, including methane and other gases, over a 100-year period. The findings were striking: They estimated that if the reservoir is built and filled, it would annually emit approximately 362,000 metric tons of emissions, measured as carbon dioxide equivalent.
The reservoir is to be built in a valley fringed with oak trees, where cattle now graze on the grasslands. Plans call for two large dams about 300 feet high, as well as nine smaller dams, which would hold water diverted from the Sacramento River and inundate about 14,000 acres.oppose the project for a variety of reasons, including concerns that diverting water would be harmful to struggling fish populations and the ailing ecosystem of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.
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