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Guest Editorial: Opinions differ widely on the future of natural gas in country

RBC I The wide-scale deployment of hydraulic fracturing, the technique of blasting water and chemicals into the ground to release trapped hydrocarbons, has, over the last decade, vaulted the U.S. into the position of leading natural gas producer in the world.

In these boom times, natural gas has been hailed by a wide cross-section, from energy CEOs to the president, as an important “bridge” fuel source in the shift away from coal.
In his latest…