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Global Boom in Natural Gas Unlikely to Help the Climate, Study Suggests
2014-10-16 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Increasing global supplies of unconventional natural gas will not help to reduce the overall upward trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions and the planetary warming that comes with it, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The findings further undercut the notion, long touted by proponents of natural gas, that the fuel which emits less CO2 than coal when burned represents an important "bridge" in the transition to low-carbon energy resources. The study, which synthesized models...
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