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October 19, 2014

A global natural gas boom alone won't slow climate change
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2014
A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing in Nature. Because natural gas emits half the carbon dioxide of coal, many people hoped the recent natural gas boom could help slow climate change-and according to government analyses, natural gas did contribute pa ... read more

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