Scientists cast doubt on shale gas' low carbon credentials

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Report finds emissions saved in US from switching to gas are simply being shipped overseas in coal exports

Shale gas has helped the US burn less polluting coal, but any emissions savings are being wiped out by exporting the fuel overseas, researchers at the University of Manchester will say today. In a new...

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