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Shale Storm
December 14, 2011 / Andrew A. Michta
The American Interest
This essay was originally published by The American Interest. It can be read here in its original form.
An earthquake is winding up under the crust of European soil—not a conventional seismic one, but an energy temblor, with the potential to transform the Continent’s energy market and alter the strategic parameters of Russian-European relations. The prospect of the commercialization of shale gas has already generated a high-stakes debate within the European Union about how fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar and renewables should factor in its energy mix. Adding an American dimension to the problem, Europe’s debate on energy security also affects Transatlantic relations because of shale gas’s potential to link U.S. and European energy sectors and influence the wider Euro-Atlantic debate on climate change, regulatory requirements, emissions and supply sources.
To read this article in its entirety, visit The American Interest.
Andrew A. Michta is Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Director of the GMF Warsaw Office. The views expressed here are the author’s alone.
