Natural Gas Lobby Steps into Climate Change Negotiations

Producers of natural gas are readying a lobbying effort before a climate change bill goes before the Senate this fall, reports the Associated Press.

The America’s Natural Gas Alliance, the industry’s new lobbying group, will launch an $80 million ad campaign in both national and regional publications in opposition to new oil and gas taxes proposed by the Obama administration.

The gas lobby, which was largely been absent from climate change negotiations in the House, is also seeking a “bridge fuel credit,” which would reward utilities that switch from coal to natural gas.

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