As leaders from around the world gathered in New York City last week to discuss energy choices that could make or break our collective response to the climate crisis, Gas Leaks was there with a vital message: LNG is methane gas! Despite countless national pledges to move off fossil fuels, the world is rapidly expanding […]

Communities across the country wanting to transition to clean electricity consistently run into the same barrier: the “natural” gas industry’s powerful lobbying and political influence machine, led by the American Gas Association (AGA).  But recent news suggests the AGA’s controversial tactics, which millions of Americans are being forced to pay for through their monthly gas […]

Fallout from Certified Disaster campaign continues as Project Canary reportedly shifts away from “gas certification” One of the largest methane monitoring companies in the United States is reportedly backing off “certification” programs that allow the oil and gas industry to market methane gas as clean, sustainable or “responsibly sourced.” Bloomberg News reports that Project Canary […]

The fossil fuel industry has spent decades telling the public that “natural” gas is the “cleanest” fossil fuel. A new study confirms that that was a lie all along — when methane pollution is taken into account, gas’s contribution to worsening heat waves is likely just as bad as coal power! Gas is mostly methane […]

Are you ready for a horror story? This one doesn’t involve haunted houses or creepy clowns. Instead, it’s about something much more real and much more dangerous: ‘natural’ gas. Gas Leaks is releasing two parody horror movie trailers that unmask the true nature of ‘natural’ gas: explosive, toxic, planet-warming methane. Our first trailer, “Silent But […]

Reversal highlights greenwashing risks of gas certification schemes The Department of Energy has declined to endorse a standard for “certified” or “responsibly sourced” methane gas following pressure from a large coalition of climate and environmental justice organizations.  Last week Gas Leaks, Earthworks and Oil Change International launched the Certified Disasters campaign and sent a letter […]

The entertainment industry has influenced American culture and attitudes since the days of the silver screen. Today, Hollywood actors, executives, and studios have the opportunity to shift the public’s view of methane gas and share real stories of its impact on Americans. Gas Leaks is part of the movement leading Hollywood’s creators to take on […]

In the 1960s, the tobacco industry reacted to mounting scrutiny over their product’s lethal effects by introducing “low-tar” cigarettes. Though marketed as a healthier alternative, these turned out to be a profit-driven gimmick that was just as harmful and addictive as the original product. Today the fossil fuel industry is once again pulling from the […]

  This week brought even more evidence that gas stoves are polluting the air inside 40 million US homes. Researchers at Stanford University measured emissions from gas and propane stoves and found concentrations of cancer-causing benzene on par with second-hand cigarette smoke. Alarmingly, elevated levels of pollution were measured even in bedrooms far away from […]

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.    News flash: clean energy has been ready for years. Wind and solar power are now the […]