Shale Gas Won’t Hurt Climate Targets, U.K. Government Study Says
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The U.K. can use its shale gas resources without risking targets for reducing carbon emissions, the government said, citing a study it commissioned.
The research by David Mackay and Timothy Stone was published after anti-fracking protesters disrupted drilling by Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. in Balcombe, England. It’s a rebuke to critics of fracking who say greenhouse-gas emissions may be exacerbated by the technique that extracts gas and oil by grinding underground rocks with water and chemicals.