Organic Potatoes
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That's not what the EPA said. Methane is leaking far more than expected from poor infrastructure in NG production, be it aging or poorly constructed transmission facilities...not fracking.Well the EPA seemed think there was, but not to worry because that department and testing have had their funding removed.
The release of 11 research papers Tuesday marked another milestone in the Environmental Defense Fund's ongoing effort to understand the natural gas industry's carbon footprint. Overall, the studies found that emissions of methane––a greenhouse gas at least 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide––in the Texas Barnett Shale were 50 percent higher than estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/...ling-barnett-shale-environmental-defense-fund
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/epa-methane-emissions-fracking-18511
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/epa-moves-to-count-methane-emissions-from-fracking/
https://cleantechnica.com/2016/09/05/methane-emissions-fracking-update/
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/...ns-texas-fracking-zone-90-higher-epa-estimate
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...l-spike-in-methane-emissions-over-last-decade
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G...s-Higher-Methane-Emissions-from-Fracking.html
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/kate-s...ions-fracking-are-high-more-needed-understand