Air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use: A critical review

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8349-8359

  Moore, Christopher W ^a   Zielinska, Barbara ^a   Pétron, Gabrielle ^b,c   Jackson, Robert B ^d,e  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSION REGULATION; NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION; NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS;

NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; FOSSIL FUEL; MERCURY; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; PROPANE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MINING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; METHANE; NATURAL GAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904290638     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4053472     Document Type: Review

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