But some gas escapes into the atmosphere while wells are being built and during the fracking process itself. These so-called fugitive emissions are primarily ...
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Aug 14, 2013 · Some commentators argue that shale gas could be used as a 'transition fuel' in the UK to tide us over to a decarbonised power system – but ...
Aug 21, 2019 · The UK's reserves of shale gas may be far lower than previously thought, according to a new scientific paper reported by the Times.
With energy issues high on both the national and international agenda, it was energy policy for breakfast yesterday as the BBC's Today programme turned its ...
Jul 21, 2015 · Carbon Brief looks at the findings, and why they could be politically significant. Conventional wisdom. The idea that shale gas has been behind ...
A UK shale gas boom would leave UK carbon emissions pretty much unchanged, and could cause global emissions to increase, a new government report suggests.
The process of extracting shale gas, also known as fracking, is not perfect at the moment. Not all the gas released from shale rock formations is captured, so ...
Using biofuels as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions could put US water resources under ... Last year Obama called natural gas from fracking a “bridge
Today's climate and energy headlines: · UK's Cameron to EU: Don't stifle fracking with new laws · Half of Britain to be offered for shale gas drilling as fracking ...
The report estimates that for electricity generation, greenhouse gas emissions from shale are four to eight per cent higher than pipeline gas from within Europe ...