Is Fracking Worse For Pollution Than Coal?

Extraction using hydraulic fracturing - fracking - has made North America the world's largest producer of oil and gas, while US CO2 emissions from energy have dropped back to early 1990s levels and the most offensive producer, coal, has been pushed back to 1980s levels. Despite those benefits, there have endless protests from environmentalists that fracking is worse for pollution.  Does drilling for natural gas really cause pollution levels to skyrocket, the way activists claim?  read more

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