Energy Quote by Mark Walport

Natural gas emits only half the carbon dioxide of coal when burned, but if methane leaks when oil companies extract it from the ground…

— Thomas Friedman

The great thing about cheap natural gas, again it's cheap, and it provides a cleaner alternative to coal. But it's still a fossil fuel,…

— Thomas Friedman

There's no question that natural gas is a lot better than coal or oil, in the sense that natural gas produces less carbon per…

— Katharine Hayhoe

Natural gas is a dirty fossil fuel like the rest of them.

— Josh Fox

Compared to coal, which generates almost half the electricity in the United States, natural gas is indeed a cleaner, less polluting fuel. But compared…

— Jeff Goodell

Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint,…

— Rex Tillerson

Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal.

— Jeff Goodell

Natural gas is a very flexible source of energy that can help us bridge the gap between our current high-carbon economy and our zero-carbon…

— Katharine Hayhoe

Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. There is no debate about…

— Christine Todd Whitman

Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.

— T. Boone Pickens

I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.

— Nancy Pelosi

Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it still has far greater reserves. We must stop…

— James Hansen