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America's Energy Future: How Gas Companies Are Fighting To Block Climate Rules

Consider This from NPR

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🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business.

More from NPR's Jeff Brady and Dan Charles: As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business. Additional reporting in this episode from NPR's Nathan Rott.

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0:00.0

The winter storm that crippled Texas last week may have made you wonder where does your electricity come from.

0:06.0

How about the energy you use to cook or beat your home?

0:10.0

You might not know or even care, but lots of powerful people do.

0:15.0

You're going to start with the natural gas flame. Turn it on.

0:19.0

This video is part of a marketing campaign by the American Gas Association,

0:23.0

which basically paid social media influencers to cook with gas.

0:28.0

Now because the flames actually come up, you are able to heat and cook your tortilla.

0:32.0

Mother Jones reported on the campaign last year, which was called Cooking with Gas.

0:37.0

You get that nice golden brown, that char color from that direct flame.

0:40.0

You're hearing Amber Kelly who won a kids cooking competition on the Food Network,

0:45.0

and has a cookbook for teens and young adults.

0:49.0

These are so good.

0:52.0

That campaign was part of how the gas industry is responding to a growing movement

0:58.0

toward more electric utilities and appliances, which are better for the environment.

1:03.0

It's a movement the Biden administration is seeking to accelerate.

1:06.0

And the gas industry, well, they're worried.

1:10.0

At a conference in November, an industry executive said Biden's energy plan

1:15.0

would mean nothing less than eliminating natural gas.

1:19.0

The goal is to reframe the debate around natural gas and to really show

1:24.0

value proposition of natural gas and our energy infrastructure

1:28.0

and how we're going to be key to a clean energy future.

1:31.0

That was Sue Forester, a vice president at the same organization

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