Imagine for a minute that you’re a highly paid business executive who just discovered that the product you sell is making people — especially children — sick. What do you do? The answer was clear to 1960s-era “natural” gas executives who discovered gas stoves were polluting indoor air: Follow the tobacco industry’s example around the […]
The fracking industry has set its sights on Ohio’s state parks, and is reportedly sinking to new lows in its quest to start drilling on public land. According to reporting from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, at least 38 Ohio residents discovered that their names had been used to sign letters to the state’s Oil and […]
This week, oil and gas executives are putting on the North American Gas Forum, a closed-door get-together at a fancy hotel in the nation’s capital where their high-priced lobbyists will urge industry regulators to approve massive liquified gas export (LNG) projects like Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2). This massive methane gas facility is the Biden Administration’s […]
Residents in Chester, Pennsylvania already live with toxic air pollution from one of the country’s largest garbage incinerators, a sewage treatment plant, oil refineries, and other heavy industry. Now, the majority Black community faces even more health harms from the fossil fuel industry’s rush to cash in on “natural” gas exports. While the Gulf Coast […]
If you’ve got “natural” gas appliances in your home, the call really is coming from inside the house. Despite decades of industry advertising telling us that their product is safe and clean, the reality is that “natural” gas is methane gas, and it poses some very horrifying threats to your health, safety and the climate. […]
This weekend, the American Gas Association (AGA) is hosting an exclusive Executive Conference in Austin, Texas. This “by-invitation-only” event gathers CEOs and senior executives in the energy sector for a luxurious stay at the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa, a sprawling 4,000-acre sanctuary often dubbed as “the ultimate retreat.” But here’s the kicker: […]
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 […]
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