‘Saudi America’ Fracking Boom a Dilemma for Environmentalists
From the McClatchy Washington Bureau:
“America’s recent energy boom has left little breathing room for solar and wind, as low prices for natural gas make it economically challenging for innovators to move U.S. utilities toward the wider use of renewable sources of energy. Here in Pittsburgh, where the National Energy Technology Lab and the state’s universities helped develop the hydraulic fracturing — fracking — technology to access previously inaccessible natural gas, it’s especially challenging.”