Column: The Trouble with Gas - Castlegar Source (castlegarsource.com)

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“To think we should be shipping around this gas as a climate solution is just plain wrong,” report author Robert Howarth, an environmental scientist, told the Guardian. “It’s greenwashing from oil and gas companies that has severely underestimated the emissions from this type of energy.”

It’s time to leave all fossil fuels in the ground — including gas!

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