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Study Revises Estimate of Methane Leaks from U.S. Fracking Fields

2013-09-16 23:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scientific American: Environmental controls designed to prevent leaks of methane from newly drilled natural gas wells are effective, a study has found -- but emissions from existing wells in production are much higher than previously believed. The findings, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, add to a burgeoning debate over the climate impact of replacing oil- and coal-fired power plants with those fuelled by natural gas. Significant leaks of heat-trapping methane from natural gas...

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