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Fugitive emissions make shale gas no better than coal for climate

May 29, 2012 By TXsharon

A major investor says analysis finds fracking “produces leaks that pour methane into the atmosphere.”

Companies could use technology to prevent some of the emissions but that would cost them money.

Using shale gas over coal does not help climate, says big gas investor
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership says fracking companies not bothering to capture ‘fugitive methane’
Fiona Harvey, environment correspondentguardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 May 2012 01.30 EDT

Mackenzie said Scottish Widows was embarking on a campaign to persuade all of the gas companies in which it holds shares to start using leak-reduction technology. This does not just apply to shale gas operations – conventional gas drilling also produces leaks, which can be stanched by a variety of technologies, including one known as “plunger lift”. Scottish Widows is one of the biggest institutional shareholders in BP, as well as other major oil and gas companies.

The full IEA report is available here.

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  1. Fish Creek Neighbor says

    May 29, 2012 at 11:02 pm

    I don’t know how many undetected leaks we have in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, but I do know that we have had many venting/spewing episodes due to valve failures. This is scary because all of this is being done where we live. Go to this link for a photo of a venting episode that happened recently in Mansfield, TX. http://fishcreekmonitor.blogspot.com/2012/03/overcoming-faith-and-little-children.html

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