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Study: Natural Gas Reliance Impediment to Renewables
2014-09-24 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Using natural gas to produce electricity is a major part of the Obama administration's policy on climate change, which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants in favor of renewables and natural gas-fired plants that emit less CO2. But a new University of California-Irvine study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that the country's push toward natural gas is not only a distraction from "decarbonizing' the U.S. and expanding renewable...
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Natural gas is not a good climate solution, even without methane leakage
2014-09-24 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: With the boom in shale gas opened up by fracking, theres been a lot more talk about natural gas as a bridge fuel, an energy source that could wean us off coal and smooth a transition to renewable energy. President Obama brought up this bridge fuel idea in this years State of the Union speech, a message echoed by the secretary of energy and Obamas former energy czar. The natural gas industry, too, has been saying this for decades. But regular Grist readers will have heard the counter-arguments:...
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ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs
2014-09-24 19:30:49| Green Car Congress
CF-Yara Talks Show How Shale Gas Is Shaking Up Fertilizer
2014-09-24 19:08:09| Chemicals - Topix.net
Talks to create the largest nitrogen fertilizer company are the latest example of how the boom in natural gas from fracking is transforming not just the world of U.S. energy but other industries too. Norway's Yara International ASA and Deerfield, Illinois- based CF Industries Holdings Inc. said yesterday they're in preliminary discussions about a combination.
Gas plan fuels questions
2014-09-24 15:10:13| Energy - Topix.net
"They still have to convince me that it's safe," said Carter, who said the pipeline as proposed would cross at the back end of his 10.5 acres in Red Springs. "I saw in California what happened when a natural gas line exploded, setting fires along the line from one house to another .
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