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The Environmental Risks of Natural Gas Fracking by mkant6 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) poses environmental risks like releasing toxic and radioactive wastewater. Treatment plants cannot fully clean the wastewater before dumping it in rivers. Alternative drilling methods using lasers could reduce risks but have not been fully developed. While natural gas burns cleaner than coal and oil, methane leaks from drilling may undermine its climate benefits.
- Author
- mkant6
- Language
- EN