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Natural gas is NOT "clean." So why do 50% of likely voters believe that is is?? @emorwee.bsky.social and @rebleber.bsky.social unpack how Big Oil spent decades convincing people that this polluting fossil fuel was safe — and how that myth secured its successful takeover of our energy system. 😑

heated.worldWhy smart people believe the myth that natural gas is cleanListen now (34 mins) | How the gas industry turned a half-truth into one of the most successful PR campaigns in fossil fuel history.

23/10/26, 7:03 pm12 reposts34 likes

MikaelKa

@mikaelka.bsky.social

"Natural gas" is one of the all-time greats of propaganda naming, along with "smart" phones. The way they extract it with fracking is as anti-natural as you can conceive.

Gentleman Scientist

@sciencewannabe.bsky.social

Natural gas is much cleaner than coal or oil for power generation. This was pushed heavily 20 years ago for new plant construction. That there are now cleaner alternatives than gas hasn’t been pushed as hard.

Center for Climate Integrity

@climateintegrity.org

After spending decades peddling the myth of "clean" natural gas, the lack of evidence to back up that claim was becoming more noticeable as scientific advancements raised concerns about the harmful impacts of methane. The industry's solution? Fill the void with an answer of its own.👇

climateintegrity.orgThirty years ago, the gas industry co-opted a key government study that bolstered the myth of “clean” natural gas | Center for Climate IntegrityThe gas industry knew their co-funded 1996 EPA study would provide a patina of objectivity and yield benefits for decades to come, a new CCI investigation finds.