Sentences with phrase «about natural gas extraction»

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The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

During that time, Martens faced ongoing questions about whether the state would ban hydrofracking, a controversial natural gas extraction process.

Several said they were uncertain about which fuels were the cleanest (for some, natural gas was perceived by some as dirty due to its extraction from hydro - fracking).

While all such forecasts are implicitly uncertain, this one helps clarify where to focus efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions; reinforces the importance of resolving questions about how to safely expand, while not stopping, extraction of vast domestic reserves of natural gas; and powerfully challenges proponents of accelerated deployment of today's menu of renewable energy technologies or nuclear power plants to lay out a credible strategy for supplanting coal.

Here's a quick review of developments related to the fast - expanding extraction of natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, that point to a route forward amid concerns about everything from earthquakes to water pollution.

This does not mean that we shouldn't worry about the problems caused by natural gas extraction and transport.

Metric bias results in more stringent gas water - heater standards despite the fact that life - cycle energy losses for natural gas are only about 10 percent of its usable energy (from the point of wellhead extraction to the consumers» utility meter) versus 70 percent for electricity.

[3] Natural gas energy losses are only about 10 percent of its usable energy from the point of wellhead extraction to the consumers» utility meter.

Might add, after reading about the burg from your link, that natural gas production, in the area, once in operation will offer abundant, further employment to the locals along with their current employment opportunities in the local oil - extraction industry.

Right now, state - of - the - art hydrogen extraction from natural gas, pressurized and delivered to the customer, costs about $ 4.50 for a gallon of gasoline equivalent (GGe).

New York Times has some more information on fracking that you should pay attention to, this time in regards to how EPA concerns about the environmental impact of the natural gas extraction procedure were actively downplayed, and impact studies