New England has been a leader in replacing outdated coal and oil. But we still rely on gas that’s overheating our planet and fueling extreme weather. We are in danger of trading one climate polluting fuel for another: gas and its greenwashed siblings.
We must upgrade to clean energy now. Gas served as a bridge while we worked to bring more renewable energy online to power our homes and businesses. But we’ve crossed that bridge.
Continuing to rely on outdated gas harms our climate, costs us money, and puts our health and safety at risk. That’s why CLF is working to:
- Pass binding laws in every New England state that require the ratcheting down of carbon pollution – including from gas power plants.
- End policies that favor dirty gas over clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind, including at our regional grid operator.
- Prevent fossil fuel companies from greenwashing equally polluting alternatives, like so-called “renewable” natural gas or hydrogen, as a one-to-one replacement for gas, oil, and coal.
- Block new or expanded gas plants and pipelines in partnership with affected communities. Criss-crossing New England’s landscapes with pipelines and power plants that make the region even more reliant on this polluting fuel is not a win for our communities or the climate.
- Make it easier for homeowners and businesses to modernize heating and appliance technologies that run on electricity generated by solar or wind.
Big Gas has spent millions marketing its dirty product and its equally dirty alternative fuels as inexpensive, environmentally friendly solutions. But there’s nothing inexpensive about natural gas. Sinking consumers’ money —dollars coming out of our wallets—into infrastructure that will further entrench our reliance on this polluting fossil fuel is simply a bad investment all around. It’s the kind of investment for which our children and grandchildren will be paying for decades to come unless we speak up and act now.
