Fracking has brought cleaner air, lowered CO2 without government mandates

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"This has been achieved by the free market and private-sector technology, not government mandates."...

8/20/12, "Fracking Leads To Cleaner Air," IBD Editorial

"The U.S. Energy Information Agency, a part of the Energy Department, said that energy-related U.S. CO2 emissions for the first four months of this year fell to about 1992 levels. EIA estimates that full-year emissions will be the lowest since at least 1995.

The untold story is that this has been achieved by the free market and private-sector technology, not government mandates."...

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Fracking recently received the approval of the National Research Council which drove the left nuts:

6/15/12, "Report: Don't worry much about quakes and 'fracking',"AP, Seth Borenstein

• "National Research Council experts weigh in."...

"The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to feel...a major government science report concludes."...

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National Research Council reports carbon capture is high risk, fracking is not:

"Using hydraulic fracturing to get trapped gas doesn’t pose a “high risk,” the report found."

6/15/12, "Fighting Climate Change With Carbon Capture May Cause Quakes," Bloomberg, J. Efstathiou, Jr.

"Burying carbon dioxide in the ground, considered a promising way to combat climate change, may increase the risk of earthquakes, according to a report... Using hydraulic fracturing to get trapped gas doesn’t pose a “high risk,” the report found."..

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8/18/12, "Oil boom gives railroads new life," Minneapolis Star Tribune, Adam Belz

"Trains are transporting sand for oil drilling from Wisconsin and Minnesota."

via Free Republic