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Reuters: Although the burning of natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide than coal, a new study concludes that a greater reliance on natural gas would fail to significantly slow down climate change.
The study by Tom Wigley, who is a senior research associate at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), underscores the complex and sometimes conflicting ways in which fossil fuel burning affects Earth's climate.
While coal use causes warming through emission of heat-trapping carbon dioxide,......
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Study: Shift To Natural Gas Will Not Help Climate Change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 13th, 2011
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