PM’s Misnomer of Methane Gas as a ‘Transition Fuel’ Is Distressing

PM’s Misnomer of Methane Gas as a ‘Transition Fuel’ Is Distressing

By Margaret McGregor As a physician advocating for planetary health and environmental health researcher, I find Prime Minister Mark Carney’s persistence in referring to liquified natural gas (LNG) as a “transition fuel” deeply distressing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The gas he so enthusiastically promotes is a fossil gas called “methane.” International scientific consensus has identified methane as the greatest driver of the short-…