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Stanford Scientists Find Climate and Health Impacts of Natural Gas Stoves

Green Living Guy

Natural gas stoves release methane – a potent greenhouse gas – and other pollutants through leaks and incomplete combustion. homes has the same climate impact as about 500,000 gasoline-powered cars and the stoves can expose people to respiratory disease-triggering pollutants. BY ROB JORDAN Stanford Woods […].

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Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company

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After NDP member of Parliament Charlie Angus introduced a bill in February proposing to ban misleading fossil fuel advertising in Canada, the oil and gas advocate Stephen Buffalo wrote an incendiary National Post column attacking the legislation.

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Report: As Climate Crisis Expands, Canada Still Hands Billions to Fossil Fuel Industry

DeSmogBlog

billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry. To put that in context, Environmental Defence’s “Canada’s Fossil Fuel Funding in 2023” report estimates that the Canadian government’s accumulated subsidies to the oil and gas sector over the last four years was at least $65 billion.

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How this organizer is fighting the liquefied natural gas industry where she lives

Grist

The vision “Our community, we want to envision an alternative economy that doesn’t exploit the region, that doesn’t use our people as cheap labor, that doesn’t pollute the environment, that doesn’t accelerate climate change.” energy mix is heavily reliant on natural gas.

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Appalachia Does Not Need More Fossil Fuel Greed

DeSmogBlog

A fossil fuel executive recently told Fortune , “Appalachia is the elephant in the room,” referring to the claim that demand for natural gas is rising, while supply in Appalachia and the United States is falling. But what he gets wrong is that the future does not entail further dependence on fossil fuels.

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See How Louisiana’s Growing Fossil Fuel Industry Threatens Climate and Justice Promises

DeSmogBlog

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it. While “green” hydrogen fuel can be produced with renewable energy, that process is cost prohibitive for now.

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Doctors File False Advertising Complaint Over Hidden Health Risks of Gas

DeSmogBlog

Melissa Lem was shocked when she saw an advertisement from a major Canadian fossil fuel lobby group showing young parents and their two children happily cooking a meal over a brand new gas stove. A ‘Fuelling Canada’ ad claims Canada ‘produces the cleanest natural gas in the world.’

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