This contention was completely decimated by Steve Everley at EnergyInDepth.com early last week.

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"The methane 'leak' claim just got a lot more difficult for opponents" of natural gas, noted Steve Everley, with Energy In Depth, an industry-funded group.

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In a separate blog post, Everley predicted future reductions, too.

NPR: EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps

"As technologies continue to improve, it's hard to imagine those methane numbers going anywhere but down as we eagerly await the next installment of this EPA report, " Everley wrote.

NPR: EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps

"Maybe if Governor Cuomo had been as interested in speaking with other regulators as he was in speaking with his former brother-in-law, he would have recognized that shale development can be and is being done safely, and folks struggling to find work upstate might actually have jobs, " Everley said.

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