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Dirty pipeline: Methane from fracking sites can flow to abandoned wells, new study shows

2015-10-20 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse gas methane during fracking operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits for methane escape not currently being measured. The study, to be published in Water Resources Research on October 20, demonstrates that fractures in surrounding rock produced by the hydraulic fracturing process...

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