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Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas | A new state law that redefines natural gas as a ‘“green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank. (grist.org)
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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.net 4 points 3 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)