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Yale Environment 360: While a greater reliance on burning natural gas instead of coal would reduce carbon emissions worldwide, it would have a negligible effect on slowing the effects of climate change, according to a U.S. study. Using a series of computer simulations, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) calculated that a partial shift from coal to natural gas worldwide would in fact slightly accelerate climate change through at least 2050. That’s because natural gas contains methane, a potent......
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Shift from Coal to Gas Will Not Appreciably Slow Warming, Study Says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 14th, 2011
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