Natural Gas
Power Generation
Issues in the use of natural gas, the lowest-greenhouse gas emitter of any fossil fuel, to generate electricity in power plants, as a new or substitute fuel. Topics include the increasing use of gas-generated power in the U.S. electric grid and the use of gas to supplement other forms of electricity generation.
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