ApocaDocs: Environmentalists, unions seek to fix gas leaks

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Posted Mon Dec 9 2013: from Associated Press:


	Environmentalists, unions seek to fix gas leaks http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1386599086 Unions and environmentalists have found one point of agreement in the bitter debate over the natural gas drilling boom: fixing leaky old pipelines that threaten public health and the environment. It's a huge national effort that could cost $82 billion. The leaks are a problem because methane, the primary component of natural gas, is explosive in high concentrations and is also a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. The Department of Transportation estimates that more than 30,000 miles of decades-old, decaying cast-iron pipe are still being used to deliver gas nationwide.

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