Greater focus needed on methane leakage from natural gas infrastructure

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6435-6440

  Alvarez, Ramón A ^a   Pacala, Stephen W ^b   Winebrake, James J ^c   Chameides, William L ^d   Hamburg, Steven P ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; METHANE; NATURAL GAS;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 84860169749     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202407109     Document Type: Article

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