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Inside the Complicated Relationship Between Natural Gas and Climate Change
2014-01-27 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Journal: Conventional wisdom tells us natural gas is helping us combat global warming. Like most bits of conventional wisdom, it's not that simple. First the aforementioned wisdom: Natural gas is unquestionably helping the United States reduce its climate footprint. Our nation's greenhouse-gas emissions have dropped to levels not seen since the 1990s, thanks in part to this cleaner-burning fuel. Natural gas produces half the carbon emissions of coal and about a third fewer than oil. This is why everyone...
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