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The Rural Blog: Researchers say hydraulically fractured shale releases more greenhouse gases than coal

One researcher's conclusion that "natural gas pried from shale formations is dirtier than coal in the short term" and "comparable" in the long term will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, giving it more credence, Mike Soraghan reports for Greenwire.