5.3 billion pounds of methane released by fracking industry in a single year
In a single year, fracking wells across the country released at least 5.3 billion pounds of the potent greenhouse gas methane, as much global warming pollution as 22 coal-fired power plants.
The statistic is one of many in a new study by Environment America Research & Policy Center that quantifies the environmental harm caused by more 137,000 fracking wells permitted since 2005.
Media Coverage: http://ecowatch.com/2016/04/14/fracking-impact-water-land-climate/
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