There are many studies, reports and articles about the serious threat gas poses to our climate, our health, air and water quality, and what we can do about it.
Gas & Health
- Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023.
- Kicking the Gas Habit: How Gas is Harming our Health, Climate Council (Australia), May 2021
- 'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research find, The Guardian, February 9, 2021
- Effects of Residential Gas Appliances on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health in California, UCLA School of Public Health, April 2020
- The False Promise of Natural Gas, New England Journal of Medicine, January 9, 2020
- Gas: A Major Source of Indoor Air Pollution, Sierra Club, December 2019
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Your Health: Air Contamination, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Methane Gas Leaks
- The United States’ natural gas system has a serious problem: It leaks, the Gas Index, December 15, 2020
- Large Fugitive Methane Emissions From Urban Centers Along the U.S. East Coast, Geophysical Research Letters, July 28, 2019
- Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain, Science, July 13, 2018
Manure Gas
- Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Myth of “Renewable Natural Gas” for Building Decarbonization, Earthjustice and Sierra Club, July 14, 2020
- A Pipe Dream or Climate Solution? The Opportunities and Limits of Biogas and Synthetic Gas to Replace Fossil Gas, Natural Resources Defense Council, June 2020
- At scale, renewable natural gas systems could be climate intensive: The influence of methane feedstock and leakage rates, Environmental Research Letters, May, 14 2020
- Biogas From Factory Farm Waste Has No Place in a Clean Energy Future, Food & Water Watch, July 2019
- The Agricultural Revolution Must Exclude Burning Animal Poop, Food & Water Watch, July 10, 2019
- Dirty Biogas Has No Place in the United States’ Clean Energy Future, Food & Water Watch, December 2018
Decarbonizing Your Home
- Why New Induction Cooktops Are Safer and Faster Than Gas or Electric, Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2021
- All-Electric New Homes: A Win for the Climate and the Economy, Rocky Mountain Institute, October 15, 2020
- Induction cooking—here's why you should make the switch, Reviewed, July 17, 2020
- It’s Time to Incentivize Residential Heat Pumps, Rocky Mountain Institute, June 8, 2020
- Heat Pump Magic, Zero Energy Project, April 13, 2020
- Make Hot Water the Modern Energy Efficient Way, Zero Energy Project, March 14, 2020
- Achieve Comfort and Reliable Performance with Cold-Climate Heat Pumps, Zero Energy Project, January 22, 2020
- Pros and Cons of Induction Cooktops and Ranges, Consumer Reports, December 3, 2019
- Induction cooking – here's why you should make the switch, Reviewed, October 10, 2019
- If Induction Cooktops Are So Great, Why Does Hardly Anyone Use Them? wirecutter (New York Times), June 25, 2019
Climate Advocacy
- Electrification Study for the District of Columbia, Rewiring America, March 11, 2022
- Fact Sheet: It’s time to get fossil fuels out of DC’s buildings, Sierra Club, 2021
- Direct Testimony of Ezra D. Hausman, Ph.D., on Washington Gas Pipeline Replacement Plan, June 15, 2020
- Review of AltaGas’ Climate Business Plan and Renewable Natural Gas Study, Ezra D. Hausman, Ph.D., May 14, 2020
- On Earth Day, Environmental Groups Call on Washington Gas to End Climate Pollution, April 22, 2020
- Sierra Club Calls on Public Service Commission to Hold Utilities Accountable to Climate Commitments, January 22, 2020
- Sierra Club: Regulators Must Ensure Utilities Continually Reduce Emissions, January 13, 2020
- Environmental Groups Demand Washington Gas Begin Transition to Zero Emissions, December 17, 2019
Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda
- How the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves, Mother Jones, February 11, 2021
- How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil, New York Times, November 11, 2020
- Revealed: how the gas industry is waging war against climate action, The Guardian, August 20, 2020
- The quiet campaign to make clean energy racist, Heated, July 2, 2020
- The gas industry is paying Instagram influencers to gush over gas stoves, Grist, June 19, 2020
- Slip-up reveals Chevron ties to architect of climate attack, E&E News, June 18, 2020