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Natural gas plays important role in region’s energy infrastructure

We successfully avoided an electric grid failure this year because natural gas storage and pipelines were available.

Readers respond: Energy diversity saved us during storm

The Pacific Northwest is blessed with two amazing energy infrastructures in the electric grid and in the naturalgas system. The January...

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion for America’s First Clean Hydrogen Hubs

By U.S. Department of Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, a key pillar of Bidenomics, the...

Pacific NW wins $1 billion from feds for hydrogen hub. Now what?

By Tom Banse, Washington State Standard Oregon and Washington scored big Friday in a fiercely contested national competition to grab a...

ALL EYES ON EUGENE, OREGON

On July 10, the Eugene City Council voted unanimously to repeal the ordinance banning natural gas connections to new residential...

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

As we reported earlier this year, restrictions on natural gas-powered appliances have sparked alarm among chefs and restaurant owners...

NINTH CIRCUIT - PART TWO

As we know, the City of Berkeley, CA banned the installation of natural gas piping in new construction. Judges in the U.S. Ninth Circuit...

THE NINTH CIRCUIT DELIVERS

In 2019, Berkeley, CA became the first city in the country to prohibit natural gas connections in new buildings. On April 17th, the Ninth...

NATURAL GAS ESSENTIAL TO AGRICULTURE

The first in American Gas Association’s Advancing America series, “Advancing America’s Agriculture: The Value of Natural Gas to U.S....

THE DETAILS ON WASHINGTON'S FIRST CAP-AND-INVEST AUCTION

Washington state held its first cap-and-invest auction on February 28, marking an important milestone in the state’s efforts to reduce...

GAS + COOKING + RESTAURANTS = YUM

In the Pacific Northwest, several cities are considering curtailing the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings, including...

The Northwest Gas Association Announces the Start of Session in Olympia & Salem

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Dan Kirschner, Executive Director Northwest Gas Association dkirschner@nwga.org (WEST LINN, Ore.)...

COOKING WITH GAS: INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND RESIDENTIAL GAS RANGES

The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) claimed that a report it had published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and...

The Northwest Gas Association Introduces Its New Website and Logo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Dan Kirschner, Executive Director Northwest Gas Association dkirschner@nwga.org (WEST LINN, Ore.)...

Senate Hearing Shows Natural Gas is Reducing Emissions, Supporting the Grid as EV Usage Rises

Natural gas has played the leading role in reducing carbon emissions in the United States during the past 15 years and is now supporting...

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