Energy Tomorrow Blog
Natural Gas and the U.S. Model for ‘Decoupling’
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Mark Green
Posted April 11, 2016
Two questions posed by the Times: How to explain a departure from the historical linkage between economic growth and increased carbon emissions? And, can the decoupling of economic growth and rising emissions be a model for the rest of the world?
The explanation isn’t all that complicated. We’ve talked about it for a number of months (see here and here). It’s natural gas. The increased use of clean-burning, domestically produced natural gas is the main reason the United States leading the world in reducing carbon emissions during a period of economic growth.
The ‘Golden Age of Gas,’ Extremism and Reason
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Mark Green
Posted May 30, 2012
Natural Gas Locally, Natural Gas Globally
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John Felmy
Posted January 20, 2011
Crude Oil Reaches Two-Year High
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Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 11, 2010
Pump Price Update
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Jane Van Ryan
Posted November 3, 2010