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January 2012, Vol. 239 No. 1
Shale Gas Supports More Than 600,000 American Jobs, Study Says
The natural gas "shale gale" that has dramatically transformed the outlook for U.S. energy supplies is also having profound economic impacts - creating jobs, reducing consumer costs of natural gas and electricity, stimulating economic growth and bolstering federal, state and local tax revenue, according to a new IHS Global Insight study.