Grist: By now it`s old news that the U.S. is in the midst of an oil and gas boom. In fact, with 30.5 billion barrels of untapped crude, our proven oil reserves are higher than they have been since the 1970s. But if that oil doesn`t stay in the ground, along with most U.S. gas and coal reserves, then the planet and all of its inhabitants are in trouble.
A new report from the Sierra Club takes a look at what will happen to the climate if we burn through four of our biggest fossil fuel reserves - and it...