Using Shale Gas Over Coal Does Not Help Climate

The Guardian reports Using shale gas over coal does not help climate, says big gas investor "The investor's key conclusion – that fugitive methane is wiping out any carbon saving from switching from coal to gas, and will continue to do so for 20 to 30 years unless the problem is addressed – run counter to recent claims from the International Energy Agency that the switch has cut US emissions substantially. The IEA is set to publish a major report on gas on Tuesday. But the IEA did not include fugitive methane in its calculations of the impact of shale fracking on US emissions."