Natural gas may not be the answer to emissions reduction

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Although burning natural gas emits less carbon dioxide than coal, a greater reliance on natural gas would fail to significantly slow down climate change. Even if no methane leaked from


natural gas operations, computer simulations indicate that a partial shift from coal to natural gas would slightly accelerate climate change through to at least 2050. If there were


substantial leaks this would extend through to 2140. Read more at University Corporation for Academic Research