Green Politics vs. Greenbacks

That’s obvious political bombast, to put it politely. But there are legitimate policy reasons to support responsible development of natural gas. Most obviously, there is the growing consensus that the world’s climate is changing and that human activity plays a significant role in that change. From the standpoint of greenhouse gases, coal is the clearly identified villain, with the much-touted “clean coal” so far proving about as much of an oxymoron as “safe sex.”