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EPA Drastically Underestimates Methane Released at Drilling Sites
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Drilling operations at several natural gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania released methane into the atmosphere at rates that were 100 to 1,000 times greater than federal regulators had estimated, new research shows. Using a plane that was specially equipped to measure greenhouse gas emissions in the air, scientists found that drilling activities at seven well pads in the booming Marcellus shale formation emitted 34 grams of methane per second, on average. The Environmental Protection Agency...
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