March 14, 2016

EIA: Natural Gas to Generate More Power than Coal in 2016

  Natural gas will overtake coal to become the leading source of electricity generation in the United States this year according to new projections released by the federal government. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest short-term outlook projects gas to account for 33 percent of electricity produced this year, compared with 32 percent for […]

February 8, 2016

Carbon Emissions Drop with Growing Demand for Natural Gas

In a new column published in the Plain Dealer, Jackie Stewart, State Director for Energy In Depth-Ohio highlights the notable decline in U.S. carbon emissions triggered by the growing use of clean-burning natural gas. “Thanks to natural gas, carbon emissions from electricity production have declined to a 20-year low in the United States,” said Stewart, […]