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Fracking seen by EPA as No. 2 emitter of greenhouse gases
2013-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Natural gas and oil production is the second-biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gases, the government said, emboldening environmentalists who say tighter measures are needed to curb the emissions from hydraulic fracturing. In its second-annual accounting of emissions that cause global warming from stationary sources, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the first time included oil and natural- gas production. Emissions from drilling, including fracking, and leaks from transmission pipes...
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