Use Data to Improve Shale Gas Development

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 | by Pat's Picks

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp take to the New York Times Opinion pages to talk about shale gas. They say the shale gas boom can benefit the planet and the economy, but only if it’s done correctly. They’re calling for a data-driven analysis of shale gas aimed at making its development safer. For example, right now, so much methane is released while extracting shale gas that any environmental benefit to higher natural gas use is lost.

SOURCE: New York Times