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Natural gas, America’s no. 1 power source, already has a new challenger: batteries

14 mins | May 25, 2021
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The world of fracking could be coming to an end. A decade after the boom took off, the fuel faces disruption by a new combination of renewable energy and electricity storage. Katherine Blunt explores how greener alternatives have become increasingly cost-competitive and threaten to upend billions of dollars in the natural gas economy.

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