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Natural Gas Pipeline Updates Can Cut Greenhouse Gas Leaks by 90 Percent, Study Says
2015-09-09 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Pipeline replacement programs in cities can cut natural gas leaks by 90 percent, curbing the release of the powerful greenhouse gas methane and boosting public safety, according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Researchers drove cars equipped with sensitive methane-mapping instruments through thousands of miles of city streets in Manhattan, Boston, Cincinnati, Durham, and Washington, D.C. They discovered that Durham and Cincinnati, where public-private partnerships...
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