The False Promise of Natural Gas December 4, 2019
Natural gas, composed principally of methane, has been hailed as a clean “transition” fuel—a bridge from the coal and oil of the past to the clean energy sources of the future…But beneath this rosy narrative lies a more complex story. Gas is associated with health and environmental hazards and reduced social welfare at every stage of its life cycle.
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