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About half of<\/span> Americans think natural gas\u2014a methane-based, planet-warming fuel\u2014is a \u201cclean\u201d energy source, according to a recent poll. And a long-running fossil fuel industry marketing campaign might be to blame.<\/p>

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The \u201cclean natural gas\u201d label is a myth. Methane, the primary component of natural gas fuel, is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. But the myth persists in large part due to a savvy, decades-long branding campaign by oil and gas corporations.<\/p>\n

A new released by the Center for Climate Integrity, a research and advocacy group, reveals that fossil fuel companies knew as early as the 1960s that branding gas as \u201cclean\u201d was deceptive. <\/p>\n

An internal report from Shell in 1966 indicated that methane gas was released in \u201cembarrassingly large quantities\u201d at oil fields. And in 1968, a review sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute declared that methane in the atmosphere was connected to \u201coil fields,\u201d and that methane seepage was \u201cnot unlikely.\u201d So in response, fossil fuel companies sponsored and promoted their own research, founding entities like the Gas Research Institute to create an appearance of objectivity and change the narrative. They aimed to drown out research that indicated gas might be harmful to the environment or human health, the Center for Climate Integrity suggests.<\/p>\n

Throughout the 1970s, the American Gas Association, a trade group, worked with public relations firms to sell gas as a \u201cclean\u201d and environmentally-friendly fossil fuel. The gas industry launched a public relations campaign in 1971 called \u201cGAS, CLEAN ENERGY FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.\u201d A 1972 report from the American Gas Association (AGA) said the \u201cenvironmental benefits of an adequate natural gas supply are outstanding,\u201d in that it offered a \u201cvery positive answer\u201d to collective concern about the planet.<\/p>

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As the report further details, by 1996, the AGA was co-running studies with the Environmental Protection Agency. Internal communications published in the report show that EPA officials said they \u201csimply do not have the expertise\u201d to independently review the data presented by the gas industry in the study and they were \u201cunlikely to find problems even if they exist.\u201d\u00a0(The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the CCI report.) <\/p>\n

The public-relations campaign was effective\u2014and in the 2000s, with the advent of fracking, American natural gas-extraction infrastructure expanded dramatically. The companies building that infrastructure were sometimes even eligible for \u201cgreen\u201d fuel subsidies and tax breaks. Today, natural gas is still classed as \u201cgreen\u201d in at least four states. The gas-appliance industry, meanwhile, still lobbies relentlessly against labeling standards that might designate its products as harmful.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficials who continue to justify expanding natural gas reliance by still claiming it\u2019s clean or safe for the climate are using the same script and manipulated science that gas executives and their PR teams concocted decades ago,\u201d Center for Climate Integrity President Richard Wiles said in a statement published with the report. \u201cIt\u2019s time that these profoundly dangerous lies are finally put to rest.\u201d<\/p>

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A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity exposes \u201cdecades of deception.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nHow Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean - Moving and Mortgage Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=1216\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean - Moving and Mortgage Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity exposes \u201cdecades of deception.\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/?p=1216\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Moving and Mortgage Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-25T21:08:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/movingandmortgagehub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d217dd74937e2d54859bb2f42d864835-1024x576.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6b7c79bcfd888d98f34c5413df7e81a2\"},\"headline\":\"How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-25T21:08:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216\"},\"wordCount\":539,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2377e379124bbfb02f6b8e8d9670eea0.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/movingandmortgagehub.com\\\/?p=1216\",\"name\":\"How Fossil Fuel Companies Made Us Believe Gas Was Clean - 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