Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas
grist.org
A new state law that redefines natural gas as a “green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Natural gas can be greener than alternatives like oil and coal, but the people making fuck tons of money want to treat it like the destination rather than a step on the path of a much longer journey.

    • houseofleft@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, this is true. But even more so, the fossilfuel industry used this before as a lobbying strategy to move a lot of countries electrical systems to natural gas over renewables.

      There’s some shady stuff too where fracked gas (which the US in particular has a lot of) gives off a tonne of methane potentially making it as pollutant as coal (I don’t have a good source to this, but it’s referenced in Naomi Klein’s this changes everything)