Tag: The Christian Science Monitor

  • Have Shale Plays Hijacked Our Energy Future?

    “Ten percent of the Lower 48 has been leased by oil companies. That’s more acreage than we plant in corn and wheat. Oil and gas extraction is now the dominant land use on the continent.   “In short, shale plays are a peculiar sort of blessing. For sure, they’ve given us a staggering amount of…