CLIMATE - Fracking may not “significantly contribute” to global warming after all

A new study finds that the amount of methane released into the atmosphere by fracking does not contribute significantly to global warming, meaning, according to the Associated Press, that natural gas is "not as bad for global warming as coal."Published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 90 percent of the study was funded by energy companies actively involved in drilling. The other 10 percent came from the Environmenta ...

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/16/fracking_may_not_significantly_contrib