Governor Josh Shapiro thinks powering data centers with natural gas is “environmentally sustainable.” He did not elaborate when he said it at the recent AI Horizons Summit in Pittsburgh, so it is difficult to imagine why he would make such a statement when there is no evidence to support it.
A fracking compendium co-published by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, now in its 9th edition, contains thousands of peer reviewed studies, governmental reports, and media investigations that collectively make the case that natural gas is anything but a sustainable energy solution.
Among them are three Gov. Tom Wolf commissioned shortly that were concluded during Shapiro’s first year in office. The studies linked fracking to lymphoma in children, lo