President Barack Obama has strongly endorsed natural gas as a clean energy source, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said more natural gas is critical for the city to improve air quality and public health.
Shale gas production has become all the rage in the U.S. because it potentially increases the U.S. supply of natural gas, a clean burning energy source.
The wind industry has largely been out-competed by natural gas, which has proved to be a clean, reliable and cheap power source for the future without subsidies or even venture-capital funding.
Among them: an agreement for the United States to assist China in improving its "clean coal technology" at its growing number of coal-fired power plans, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.