1. ‘Shale’ Natural Gas A Global Warming Solution Jeffrey McManus Chesapeake Climate Action Network

2. ‘Shale’ Natural Gas A Global Warming Solution Jeffrey McManus Chesapeake Climate Action Network Threat

3. Natural gas can be extracted responsibly

4. Responsible? 1600+ violations since January 2008 – 2/3 rd caused or could have caused environmental harm Chief Oil & Gas – 198 violations at 83 wells Samson – 12 violations at 2 wells

5. Rapid Development 2008 – 195 new wells 2009 – 768 new wells 2010 – 1,400 new wells

6. Natural gas can be extracted safely

7. Safe? Moundsville, WV 7 injured

8. Safe? Independence Township, PA 3 workers injured

9. Natural gas “Twice as clean as coal”

10. Natural gas “Twice as clean as coal” Half as dirty

11. Natural gas “Twice as clean as coal” Half as dirty It is still a fossil fuel

12. Misleading Comparison Combustion is the last stage Natural gas life cycle – Exploration, Production, Processing, Transport, Storage, Distribution, Combustion Direct, Indirect, & Fugitive Emissions

13. Problem: Unburned natural gas Methane – Potent greenhouse gas – Gas drilling = 1/5 th global emissions (human-caused) 100 years – 25 times worse than CO 2 20 years – 72 times worse than CO 2 Why 20 years?

14. Fugitive Emissions Even small leakages into atmosphere have very large global warming consequences Sources of fugitive emissions – Leaks – Intentional venting U.N. Environment Program – CO 2 reductions over 20-30 years – no impact on 2 degree change by 2050 – Methane & “Black Carbon” reductions immediately felt. Delay until 2070

15. EPA Report ( November 10, 2010)

16. 9,000 times Fracking

17. EPA Report ( November 10, 2010)

18. Life Cycle Emissions Shale gas, Conventional gas, Coal, Oil *Cornell study under peer-review

19. ‘Shale’ Natural Gas Twice as clean as coal

20. Just as bad

21. ‘Shale’ Natural Gas Twice as clean as coal

22. DIRTY

23. Natural gas can serve as a ‘bridge fuel’ as we transition to renewable sources.

24. America’s Blind Jump Lobbying for subsidies and guarantees to make gas an indispensible energy source Creating a market for the supply – Generation: new power plants built to run on gas $2 million and three years – Transportation: natural gas vehicles – Aviation: natural gas planes Industry’s ‘infrastructure trap’ – “Switching the needle”

25. Look before you leap What’s at risk? – Environment, Public Health, Climate – $ Billions taxpayer and industry investment spent for limited/no gain Unanswered questions – Let’s pause before making major policy decisions – Decide based upon science, not industry rhetoric – EPA Fracking Life-Cycle Study No rush – The shale gas is not going anywhere soon – Wait for better technology Federal lands

27. Don’t Frack with Maryland HB 852 The Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Act of 2011 Pause until July 2013 Puts onus on gas companies

28. A Truly Clean Alternative Criterion wind farm – 70 MW – 162 mostly local & union workers – $10 million shot into economy – $1.1 million in utility tax revenue (2 nd largest) Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2011 – 400-600 MW – 79% Eastern Shore homes – 2,000 manufacturing & construction jobs (5 years) – $1.9 Billion economic impact (5 years) – 8,200 job-years – $14 million in state tax revenues – 400 operations and maintenance jobs – Cost -- $1.44/month =replace two 60W bulbs w/ Compact Flourescents