The Fraud of "Clean" Natural Gas

How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution

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Exposed: How the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas was a climate solution

For decades, the oil and gas industry has perpetuated the fraud that natural gas is clean and a climate solution, despite knowing that it is a significant source of air pollution and a major contributor to climate change. 

This is the unearthed story of how the industry succeeded at this deception. 

For a glossary of key terms and event timeline see Appendix A and B.

 

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Key Documents

"The fraud of clean natural gas has been essential to the industry’s success in the marketplace, and the idea that gas is climate-friendly has been at the heart of the rapid expansion of gas infrastructure over the last two decades."