Natural Gas Is Dirtier than Coal

Daniel May
Nov 6 · 6 min read
Photo by Patrick Hendry on Unsplash

Did you think natural gas was clean? Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one. The American Petroleum Institute, including members BP, Shell, and ExxonMobil, want you to think that natural gas is clean. In fact, they say exactly that on their website. The API claims that natural gas produces one-half of the carbon emissions that coal does when used to generate electricity.

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