Studies Say Natural Gas Has Its Own Environmental Problems
April 11, 2011A Legal Plan to Control Drilling
April 15, 2011SUNY Upstate Medical University
Factors Affecting the Shift to Shale Gas
- Push toward alternative fuels
- Misperception that NG is a bridge fuel that is “clean”
- The profitability of exporting liquified NG (LNG)
- Development of high volume, slick water hydraulic fracturing
- Financial incentives to extract natural gas
- Dwindling oil reserves
-2005 Energy Policy Act
