Sentences with phrase «damaging greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide»

A 2011 Cornell University study found that the process of fracking also releases methane, which according to the EPA, is 21 times more damaging greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

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Methane is far more damaging as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide — 25 times more so.

It is a powerful greenhouse gas, and in the short term it does much more damage than the far more abundant carbon dioxide.

These overlooked, shorter - term pollutants — mostly from burning wood and kerosene and from driving trucks and cars — cause more localized warming than once thought, the authors of the report say.They contend there should be a greater effort to attack this type of pollution for faster results.For decades, scientists have concentrated on carbon dioxide, the most damaging greenhouse gas because it lingers in the atmosphere for decades.

These gases are not only damaging to the ozone layer, but are super greenhouse gases, thousands of times more damaging than carbon dioxide (CO2).

It also will lead to a phase - down of the «super» greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are hundreds and thousands of times more damaging to the global climate than carbon dioxide.

IMF says in these countries, air pollution other than greenhouse gases, and congestion from incorrectly priced fuels, cause an extra $ 57.50 in damage per ton of carbon dioxide, although the damage is not from the CO2.

Air pollution other than greenhouse gases, and congestion from incorrectly priced fuels, cause an extra $ 57.50 in damage per ton of carbon dioxide, even though it is not the CO2 doing the damage.