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Article: SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING: WHAT'S COOKING WITH NATURAL GAS?
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming issued the following media advisory:
The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing on what role natural gas can play in a climate-friendly energy future. Natural gas plays a critical role in numerous sectors of our economy from home heating to chemical production to electricity generation to transportation fuel. With 3.4 percent of global natural gas reserves, the United States has the fifth largest reserves in the world.
Since a low in 1986, domestic consumption of natural gas has generally increased and its uses have broadened. Natural gas has especially become popular as a cleaner ...