So, will Al Gore and company be pleased?

As reported by Andrew Montford, FT says Shale gas slashes US carbon emissions:

The shale gas boom in the US has led to a big drop in its carbon emissions, as power generators switch from coal to cheap gas.

According to the International Energy Agency, US energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, fell by 450m tonnes over the past five years - the largest drop among all countries surveyed....

This is a good test of whether the people who claim to care about man-made global warming actually do.