Nat Gas Now: Clean Energy From Coast to Coast
- Nat Gas Now: Clean Energy From Coast to Coast
- Wednesday, Dec 15
From California to Colorado to North Carolina, abundant American
natural gas is changing our nation's energy future. We all
know that natural gas is great for cooking and can power a clean
city bus. But community after community across the country
also is making the choice to embrace cleaner electric power
generation through natural gas--powering our televisions, iPhones
and all manner of devices that connect to those electrical outlets
in our homes and businesses.
In
California, natural gas provides nearly half the state's power,
and in Colorado
and North
Carolina, coal plants are being replaced with natural gas,
cutting in half the amount of carbon emissions and
transitioning to virtually emission-free energy for other major
categories of air pollutants. Tennessee
is increasing its workforce by building a clean-burning natural gas
power plant. And, communities across the country are
embracing this change-much of it chronicled right here on our ANGA
blog. In fact, a recent study by the Energy
Information Administration found that natural gas is emerging
as the overwhelming choice of fuel here in the U.S. EIA is
estimating that natural gas plants will account for 46 percent of
all new power plant additions through 2035 as compared with 12
percent for coal-fired plants.
In this edition of our online video series, we travel around the country to see where natural gas is advancing cleaner energy. What does it mean for your community? Let your local leaders know: "It's time for nat gas now."
