Monday, October 29, 2012

Shale gas benefits called into question

Financial Times: The US shale gas boom is not curbing global greenhouse gas emissions as much as some of its proponents claim, according to a study by British climate change researchers. The reason is that although the so-called shale revolution has led to the US burning less coal, a far dirtier fossil fuel than natural gas, more American coal is being exported, so the overall benefits of switching fuels is not so great. The report is the latest in a stream of studies examining the environmental impact of natural...

URL: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8b2ab142-2129-11e2-9720-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F8b2ab142-2129-11e2-9720-00144feabdc0.html&_i_referer=

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