Sentences with phrase «extracting natural gas while»

Not exact matches

While I appreciate that Peter Aldhous's article was primarily concerned with the immediate health questions raised by the process of fracking, or cracking rock to extract natural gas from shale beds (28 January, p 8), its effects on climate change can not be ignored since that, too, is likely to be bad for our health.

Until other energy sources supplant coal, oil and natural gas, the technological challenge is clear: extract maximum energy from the old standbys while minimizing harm to the environment

This simple switch could pave the way toward a more environmentally friendly method of extracting natural gas that would do less collateral damage to the land and water while dramatically reducing fracking's carbon footprint at the same time.

While the researchers found that emissions from a critical stage of well construction — «completions» — are far lower than regulators had estimated, they pinpointed an important under - appreciated source of escaping gas — pneumatic devices powered by the pressure of the extracted natural gas.