Canada: Failure to account for “fugitive” methane gas could undercut BC's climate change efforts, experts say

Vancouver Observer: A failure to account for "fugitive" gases released accidentally from gas wells and pipelines could have serious repercussions as oil and gas exploration heats up in British Columbia, experts say. Canada's Pembina Institute is calling for more studies into "fugitive" methane leakage near gas production facilities in British Columbia following a recent study in the US that revealed substantial levels of escaping methane gas. "We have recommended that the issue of fugitive emissions from shale gas...

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