Natural Gas: A Long Bridge to a Promising Destination

Authors

Richard J. Pierce Jr, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Status

Accepted

Abstract

In this essay, Professor Pierce argues that the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing of shale formations that has nearly doubled US gas supplies over the last six years has the potential to yield a century of enormous environmental and economic benefits to the US and to the world.

GW Paper Series

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 588; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 588

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1945412

Recommended Citation

Richard J. Pierce Jr., Natural Gas: A Long Bridge to a Promising Destination, 32 Utah Envtl. L. Rev. 245 (2012).