United Kingdom: Centrica talks down shale gas but may still invest

Guardian: Sam Laidlaw did his bit to rain on the Davos parade when he dissed the prospects for shale gas as the game-changer that will shake countries out of their economic torpor. Yes, said the Centrica boss, shale had produced astonishing changes in the price of natural gas in America, but it was unrealistic to imagine this could be replicated – at least in Britain. That is not what those on the Alpine jaunt want to hear. Global political and business leaders are desperate to find the equivalent of a...

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