You Just Can't Win

From an article by James M. Taylor at the Heartland Institute:

In the 1990s, activist groups championed natural gas as a cleaner-burning alternative to coal and oil. [...] (T)he activist groups were successful in their campaign, and nearly all electric plants built since 1998 are designed to be fueled primarily by natural gas.

Having coerced the shift to natural gas, however, the activist groups now have embarked on a campaign to ban domestic natural gas drilling.
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Giving in to activist demands, the major energy companies shifted their focus to natural gas production in other countries, with the intent to import liquified natural gas (LNG) into the U.S. Now, however, the same activist groups are opposing the importation of natural gas.

So, to satisfy the greens, we have to use natural gas, but not drill for it or import it.