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Impact of New EPA Emissions Rules

Written by Greg Russell | Jun 9, 2014 4:26:05 PM

From the Los Angeles Times:  "The Obama administration's ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants 30% by 2030 is laying another big bet on future U.S. natural gas supplies. *** The boom in U.S. production, the result of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling into shale formations, has sharply boosted the availability of gas since 2009, but the abundance has prompted multiple new claims to the resource."  The concern of the article - will there be enough gas to meet all of the projected demand?