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.

For years, the oil and gas industry has pitched more drilling and fracking as a path to “energy independence” — a scenario where the United States didn’t have to depend on foreign countries for energy.

Want a gas-free kitchen? Here’s how to make the switch now, or go electric when your gas stove goes kaput:

You may have heard the news: gas stoves release toxic air pollution connected to asthma and cancer.

In Glass Onion, the new Netflix sequel to the popular murder mystery Knives Out, a wealthy billionaire concocts a scheme to pipe explosive hydrogen gas into peoples’ homes. Spoiler alert: the consequences are deadly.

When it comes to “natural” gas, the fossil fuel industry has used variations of the same marketing pitch for decades: gas is a “bridge fuel” that can get us away from coal and oil until renewable energy is “ready.”

The fossil fuel industry doesn’t just drill for “natural” gas in remote areas, away from people.

You probably know what to do when you smell rotten eggs or sulfur in your home — get outside as soon as possible and call 911.