Natural Gas & Hydraulic Fracking

What is Greenpeace’s position on Natural Gas?

Greenpeace views natural gas as the “least worst” option among fossil fuels that can be used as a temporary bridging technology while we make the transition to clean renewable energy like wind and solar. 

Natural gas development must not displace the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Greenpeace opposes all subsidies to the natural gas sector as they inevitably take place at the expense of energy conservation and efficiency, and most importantly at the expense of renewables.

Hydraulic Fracking

Hydraulic fracture methods (“fracking”) are associated with a range of environmental impacts, some of which are not fully understood. It’s possible that the carbon footprint of shale gas may be significantly greater than for conventional gas. Greenpeace is opposed to fracking until the environmental impacts are understood, regulated and mitigated. Find out more about fracking at Greenpeace.org.

And for more information on how to get involved locally in the movement against fracking, check out the groups below:

National:

 

Local: