World Resources Institute: Natural gas is booming in the United States. Production has increased by 20 percent in the last five years, fueled largely by technological advances in shale gas extraction. Other countries--including China--are now studying our experience with this abundant new resource.
But the growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix hasnt come without controversy. Natural gas development poses a variety of environmental risks. In addition to habitat disruption and impacts on local water and air...