Softpedia: Natural gas burning as it seeps through the ground to the surface For several years, the public opinion has been battered with the idea that natural gas is much cleaner to exploit than coal, because it contains less carbon. A new study by researchers at the Cornell University and the Purdue University demonstrates that significant levels of the dangerous greenhouse gas methane can be found above shale gas wells.
Carbon dioxide is currently the most pervasive greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere,...