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View on Axios website"Focus on fracking: The new episode of Columbia Energy Exchange is an in-depth chat with Daniel Raimi about his new book on the risks and benefits of the U.S. shale boom. The discussion touches on local effects as well as the global outlook. One conclusion is that for the U.S. as a whole, the shale boom has been beneficial, but at a local level, 'the question is more complex' due to air pollution and other effects. On climate: 'Over the next 20 or 30 years, cheap natural gas, as well as this increased supply of oil probably means that the shale revolution is roughly a net zero benefit or cost in terms of CO2 emissions. But what cheap natural gas does do is, it provides a window of opportunity for climate policy.'"
