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Natural Gas From Shale Could Worsen Climate Change
Posted by Essential Public Radio: None Given on January 19th, 2012
Essential Public Radio: Instead of being an answer to climate change, shale gas might actually be a major generator of greenhouse emissions. (Penn State University) Nancy Adams from PSU touches residue leftover from drilling at a Marcellus Shale drilling site.
Instead of being an answer to climate change, shale gas might actually be a major generator of greenhouse emissions.
According to a new study done by three Cornell University researchers, the problem with shale gas is the amount of methane it releases into the...