For decades, the fossil fuel industry told us that “natural” (methane) gas was a “bridge fuel” to clean energy — a supposedly cleaner alternative to coal or oil that could fill the gap until clean energy was ready.
No matter what the fossil fuel industry claims in its advertising, “natural” gas is anything but “clean.”
Lawmakers in Ohio and now Tennessee have passed bills in recent months that categorize “natural” gas as “clean” or “green” energy.
“Natural” gas is explosive enough on its own. Now the gas industry wants to put it in highly pressurized tanks, load it onto train cars and send it barrelling through America’s rail communities at high speeds.
It’s high time we stop the deceptive advertising tactics of the gas industry.
Industrial food manufacturers love to use the word “natural” to describe their products, because it makes junk food like Cheetos sound clean, healthy and organic.
In November 2022, a gas storage field in Pennsylvania sprung a leak.
The price of “natural” gas TRIPLED last year, driving up energy costs for everyone — but especially people who use gas to heat their homes or cook. Share your story today!
Widespread failure of the natural gas system during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 not only caused days of blackouts and hundreds of deaths in Texas, it led to astronomical spikes in the cost of natural gas throughout the country – up to 300 times the normal price.
“Renewable natural gas” is the gas industry’s new favorite marketing scheme — a way to look like they’re selling a cleaner product than methane gas from fracking.
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