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Bombshell Study Finds Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Production Far Higher Than EPA Estimates
2013-11-27 14:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlterNet: A major new study blows up the whole notion of natural gas as a short-term bridge fuel to a carbon-free economy. Natural gas is mostly methane (CH4), a potent heat-trapping gas. If, as now seems likely, natural gas production systems leak 2.7% (or more), then gas-fired power loses its near-term advantage over coal and becomes more of a gangplank than a bridge. Worse, without a carbon price, some gas displaces renewable energy, further undercutting any benefit it might have had. Fifteen scientists...
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