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Why High Natural Gas Prices Are So Spooky This Halloween

Union of Concerned Scientists

In response to higher natural gas prices, US utilities are going back to coal instead of ramping up investments in renewables.

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Can European Industry Wean Itself From Russian Natural Gas?

Environment + Energy Leader

McKinsey & Company says European industrials reduced their demand by 25 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But it adds that China and India could replace that by consuming 35 billion cubic meters, which they get at a discount.

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Methane Madness: 5 Reasons Why Natural Gas Doesn’t Belong in a Clean Electricity Payment Program

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Senate just released a federal budget resolution that includes a measure that could subsidize the production of natural gas. Here are 5 reasons why we shouldn't do that.

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Minnesota’s First Renewable Natural Gas Facility Now Operational

Environment + Energy Leader

Today marks the commencement of commercial operations at the first landfill renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility in Minnesota. The post Minnesota’s First Renewable Natural Gas Facility Now Operational appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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U.S. May Have Hit Peak Natural Gas Power Generation, Report Says

Yale E360

electricity generation using natural gas likely hit its peak in 2020, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Finance (IEEFA), which finds that cheaper wind and solar are edging gas off the power grid. In the U.S., Read more on E360 ?.

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Amid Record Drop in Fossil Power, Europe Sees Wind Overtake Natural Gas

Yale E360

Europe saw a record drop in fossil power last year, according to a new analysis that found that, for the first time, wind supplied more power than natural gas. Read more on E360 →

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Unveiling the Public Health Burden of Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

Environmental health has always been of concern to me, as it is to many of us.