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Burning natural gas is better than using coal: study
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The latest news about natural gas arrives in an awkward moment. American gas drilling is booming. The market is expanding. And natural gas is promoted as a clean fuel, far better to run buses or heat homes than oil. A report in Science magazine concludes those benefits are real, but at the same time decades of studies have found that natural gas leaks into the air are a potent contributor to climate change. And the new study finds those leaks are greater than the Environmental...
Just natural gas well exploding into flames nothing to see here!
2014-02-14 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Early on Tuesday morning, a Chevron-owned natural gas well in Greene County, Pa., burst into flames and more than 72 hours later, its still burning. One contractor for Chevron is missing and presumed dead, and another was injured in the explosion. Chevron has flown in experts from Houstons Wild Well Control to put out the fire, and crews spent yesterday removing overheated pieces of metal that kept reigniting. Today, they await heavy-duty water tanks to extinguish the blaze, which could be...
America's natural gas system is leaking methane & in need of a fix
2014-02-14 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The first thorough comparison of evidence for natural gas system leaks confirms that organizations including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have underestimated U.S. methane emissions generally, as well as those from the natural gas industry specifically. Natural gas consists predominantly of methane. Even small leaks from the natural gas system are important because methane is a potent greenhouse gas -- about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. A study, "Methane Leakage from...
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas Questioned in Major New Report
2014-02-14 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been underestimating methane leaks from natural gas production and use by 25 to 75 percent, according to a comprehensive assessment of more than 200 studies. When the methane leaks are accounted for, natural gas contributes to climate change more than industry and the EPA have claimed, concludes the report by a team of U.S. scientists. In some cases, natural gas contributes to warming more than other fossil fuel sources. For instance, fueling trucks and...
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Despite Leaky Methane, is Natural Gas is Still Worth the Switch?
2014-02-14 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. is in a golden age for natural gas. Will leaky infrastructure bring it to an end? A new report, issued today in Science, is the latest to tackle the difficult issue of how much gas - and its primary ingredient, methane - leaks into the atmosphere. This may seem a bit arcane, but it's a critical issue for the future of the energy industry and the transportation sector as well. Here's a quick rundown: Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, more potent than carbon dioxide. Natural gas has...
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