Natural gas and wackos running Canada

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Natural Gas, the Miracle Fuel. Delmarva Times, opinion.
Shale gas, natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing or fracking, has positively changed electricity production and the environment in the United States. Shale gas provides reliable, scalable electricity generation and is the dominate fuel used in the United States. Recently greenhouse gas emission levels have declined in the U.S., and the primary reason is the switch from coal to natural gas in the power generation industry. It has the potential to change global energy markets and lower global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2016, natural gas was the top fuel used to produce electricity, followed closely by coal and then nuclear power. Prior to 2016, coal was the leading fuel, followed by natural gas. This change was driven by market and regulatory forces. The price of natural gas is at historically low levels, and thanks to fracking it appears it will stay low, at least in the foreseeable future. In 2001, natural gas produced 639,129 gigawatt hours of electricity (17.1 percent of total electricity), and in 2016 we used natural gas to produce 1,378,308 gigawatt hours of electricity (33.87 percent of total electricity) in the U.S.

Quebec to limit oil-and-gas exploration. Digital Journal.
The Quebec government will ban fracking for shale gas and impose stricter rules when it comes to the exploration, extraction, and storage of oil and gas. The decision comes after public consultations were held last fall. The new measures will amend the Petroleum Resources Act passed in 2016. The new measures will also ban drilling for oil and gas in 13 waterways across the province, including Lake of Two Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, and the St. Lawrence River.