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Shale gas distracts EU 'action heroes' from saving the climate
In a 2011 piece published by the CER, Dieter Helm exulted over how shale gas “turns out to be super-abundant” and predicted that switching from coal to gas could halve Europe’s carbon dioxide emissions.