Fracking is the only way to achieve Obama climate change goals, says senior scientist

Guardian: America will only achieve the ambitious climate change goals outlined by President Barack Obama last week by encouraging wide-scale fracking for natural gas over the next few years. That is the advice of one of the nation's senior scientists, Professor William Press, a member of the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Fracking – known officially as hydraulic fracturing – involves pumping high-pressure water through underground rocks to release natural gas trapped deep underground....

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/16/fracking-obama-climate-change-goals
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