Natural gas and the global environment

Journal Article · · Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (Knoxville, Tennessee); (USA)

OSTI ID:6467375

Mathews, J T

Three current environmental concerns - global warming, ozone depletion, and acid rain - are each linked to fossil fuel combustion. Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, although not a pollutant in the traditional sense, promises to alter global weather. Sulfur and nitrogen oxides, transformed into acids, damage crops, trees, and wildlife. And nitrous oxide in the upper atmosphere speeds the destruction of the protective ozone layer. The paper discusses the benefits of natural gas, its impact on the greenhouse effect, air pollutions effect, the thinning ozone shield, and global energy policies.

• OSTI ID: 6467375
• Journal Information: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (Knoxville, Tennessee); (USA), Journal Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy (Knoxville, Tennessee); (USA) Vol. 4:2; ISSN 0887-8218; ISSN FARPE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DAMAGE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FLUIDS
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS TURBINES
GASES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
LAYERS
MACHINERY
NATURAL GAS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OZONE
POLLUTION
POWER GENERATION
RAIN
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
TURBINES
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