How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean – Mother Jones

A new report released by the Center for Climate Integrity, a research and advocacy group, reveals that fossil fuel companies knew as early as the 1960s that branding gas as “clean” was deceptive…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/natural-gas-methane-pollution-clean-branding-myth/ 

Global shortage of natural gas benefits U.S. companies in Iran war : NPR

"We have a shortage of natural gas," U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told the crowd. "Where is that natural gas gonna come from? It's gonna come from continued ramps, continued investments to grow United States LNG exports."… 

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/14/nx-s1-5766431/us-iran-trump-lng-supply-strait-of-hormuz-qatar

 

All operational US liquefied natural gas terminals have violated pollution limits, says report

Analysis of public records comes as Trump administration aims to fast-track approval of new LNG export terminals…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/liquefied-natural-gas-terminal-pollution-limits

 

Trump-fueled gas boom has Gulf coast communities on edge: ‘We will keep fighting’

Residents cite pollution, loss of fishing and diminished tax revenue as liquefied natural gas production for export accelerates…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/20/natural-gas-terminals-texas-louisiana-gulf-mexico

 

As Congress Considers Canceling Biden’s Export Permitting Halt, New Science Confirms LNG’s Climate-Killing Impact

"Liquified gas exports are a threat to public health, our coastlines, and our climate. Republican extremists are doing the bidding of their fossil fuel industry backers by taking aim at a commonsense policy to review the environmental and climate costs of the unprecedented expansion of a polluting industry. Senate leaders should make sure that this Republican anti-science ploy is a failure." – Jim Walsh, Policy Director, Food & Water Watch…

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/as-congress-considers-canceling-bidens-export-permitting-halt-new-science-confirms-lngs-climate-killing-impact

Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry

What's more – as new research this fall showed – when you put fracked gas on a boat and send it on a long ocean cruise, so much leaks out that it's far worse than coal. If the White House had kept granting all the permits that industry wanted, within a decade US natural gas would be producing more greenhouse gas emissions than everything that happens on the continent of Europe. It's the biggest fossil fuel expansion project on Earth. 

That's half the problem with Rice's argument. The other half is, it's not coal that Rice's gas mostly undercuts. We now live on a planet where the cheapest way to produce power is to point a sheet of glass at the sun; there's no reason not to go straight from coal to renewable energy, with no intermediate stop at gas. The idea that it's a "bridge fuel" is a decade out of date, but it's an argument that big oil wants to extend four or five decades into the future, because that's how long this new infrastructure is supposed to last...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/07/joe-biden-big-oil-lng-permits

The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated - The Atlantic

…This doesn't mean that climate advocates should become pro–natural gas, of course—especially when the fuel's climate impact is looking worse and worse. But it does mean that American climate advocates must approach the new energy landscape with the same creativity and disrespect for orthodoxy that they brought to the old. If Europe's democracies believe that their ability to import natural gas from a non-Russia country is essential to their survival, then American climate advocates should find a way to help them—without cutting a blank check to U.S. natural-gas producers or extending the gas system's lifetime into the 2030s…

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/left-climate-playbook-biden-russia/629425/

US heating bills will jump as much as 54% this winter, says government

Demand has simply grown faster than production as the economy roars back to life following shutdowns caused by the coronavirus...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/14/us-heating-bills-natural-gas-electric-oil-propane

U.S. natgas companies put hydrogen to the test | Reuters

At least two dozen U.S. energy firms, including Dominion Energy Inc and Sempra Energy, have started producing hydrogen or testing its viability in natural gas pipes to take advantage of existing infrastructure as the world prioritizes lower-carbon fuels...

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/us-natgas-companies-put-hydrogen-test-2021-07-01/

U.S. drillers, miners would be out billions if paid climate, health costs: study | Reuters

U.S. coal, natural gas and motor fuel producers get implicit benefits worth tens of billion of dollars a year by not having to pay for the damage their products do to the climate and human health, a study said on Monday...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fossilfuel-subsidies-idUSKBN2BE2TS

No, The Power Crisis In Texas Wasn't Caused By Renewables Failing : Live Updates: Winter Storms 2021 : NPR

... In fact, significantly more natural gas and coal went offline than renewables...

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-winter-storms-2021/2021/02/18/968967137/no-the-blackouts-in-texas-werent-caused-by-renewables-heres-what-really-happened

US conservatives falsely blame renewables for Texas storm outages

...While some wind turbines did freeze, failures in natural gas, coal and nuclear energy systems were responsible for nearly twice as many outages as renewables, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot), which operates the state's power grid, said in a press conference on Tuesday...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/17/conservatives-falsely-blame-renewables-for-texas-storm-outages

Trump administration scraps Obama-era regulations limiting methane leaks at oil and gas sites - The Washington Post

The Trump administration is scrapping limits on methane leaks, allowing oil and gas companies to decide how much of the potent greenhouse gas can escape into the atmosphere from wells, pipelines and storage tanks. The new rules, issued Thursday by the Office of Management and Budget, effectively rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate methane, the largest component of natural gas.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/13/trump-administration-scrap-limits-methane-leaks-oil-gas-sites/

White House likely to pursue federal aid for shale companies hit by oil shock, coronavirus downturn - The Washington Post

The White House is considering including federal aid for natural gas companies as it seeks targeted help for certain sectors.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/10/trump-oil-bailout/

US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas” - Ars Technica

The Department of Energy is on its path to "energy dominance" with bizarre re-branding.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of-energy-is-now-referring-to-fossil-fuels-as-freedom-gas/

Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change - The Conversation US

The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation. ....
https://theconversation.com/fossil-fuels-are-bad-for-your-health-and-harmful-in-many-ways-besides-climate-change-107771

Dems introduce bills to block offshore drilling - The Hill

A group of House Democrats introduced a suite of eight bills Tuesday aimed at blocking President Trump's proposal to expand offshore oil and natural gas drilling around the country. ....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/424418-dems-introduce-bills-to-block-offshore-drilling

Pruitt: Bible says ‘harvest the natural resources’ | TheHill

"The 'environmental left' tells us that, though we have natural resources like natural gas and oil and coal, and though we can feed the world, we should keep those things in the ground, put up fences and be about prohibition," he said.

Because that is what we will surely do with all that oil: give it away to feed the world.....

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/375148-pruitt-bible-says-harvest-the-natural-resources

Renewables, not natural gas, were main driver behind drop in U.S. power sector emissions in 2017 -- ThinkProgress.org

The growth of clean energy in 2017 was one for the record books: Last year was the first time a reduction in U.S. power sector carbon emissions could be attributed more to renewable energy and energy conservation than the nation switching from coal to natural gas to generate electricity. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/carbon-emissions-decline-with-renewables/

When mothers live near fracking sites, babies are more likely to be born underweight -- The Verge

The shale gas boom comes with some side effects ....
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/13/16771444/fracking-pregnancy-health-environment-pollution