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.    All told, gas and electric utilities […]

“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. The industry spends millions advertising it, even though its own studies show that it isn’t a real solution to the growing pollution from the gas system. Many Seattle […]

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. In practice, the industry has doubled down on exporting gas to other countries, which drives up the price of Americans’ […]

  Want a gas-free kitchen? Here’s how to make the switch now, or go electric when your gas stove goes kaput: Check your electric box amperage.  Electric and induction cooktops use between 20 and 50 amps. Check if you need to increase your amperage service to accommodate an electric stove, or to take the first […]

You may have heard the news: gas stoves release toxic air pollution connected to asthma and cancer. While this recent political firestorm is new, the science is anything but — researchers have been documenting the health threats from gas stoves for decades:   1977: “Boys and girls from homes in which gas was used for […]

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. Shockingly, this scenario isn’t just Hollywood fiction. Faced with increasing pressure to look like they’re reducing climate pollution from their operations, […]

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.” Even as wind and solar proved its readiness by becoming the cheapest and fastest growing sources […]

The fossil fuel industry doesn’t just drill for “natural” gas in remote areas, away from people. Nationwide, nearly 18 million Americans live near oil and gas extraction sites and deal with air pollution that increases the risk of premature birth, asthma and cancers like leukemia.   Children in those communities can’t even avoid that pollution […]

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. There could be a gas leak, which can have deadly consequences. But did you know that the foul smell in “natural” gas isn’t natural at all? When gas is […]