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February 22, 2013

NatGas: Neither Perfect Nor Perfectly Evil

Nick Grealy, CSM


Alan Rogers/AP

Recent conversations with UK and European environmentalists lead me to think opposition to natural gas is not as monolithic, and that being so, as powerful as some fear, hope or believe depending on your point of view. We’ve seen several hints of that in the press, most tellingly a positive piece in the UK Guardian this weekend. I would also commend both sides of the Economist debate on shale, recently concluded to a virtual dead heat.

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