US Faces Critical Gas Shortage Over Summer

Natural gas supplies in the US have reached critically low levels in recent months and may be inadequate to meet demand during a hot summer this year.

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Prices are reported to have increased as much as 700 per cent over the past three years

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The problem arose after the US government encouraged natural gas as an environmentally friendly fuel but refused to open what Mr Abraham said were about 40 per cent of the potential gas resources on federal lands.

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