Climate Changed
Biggest Threat to Once-Prized Gas Is Getting Kicked Out of Homes
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One of the biggest threats facing the natural gas industry is inside the house.
Long heralded as an ideal transition from heating oil, natural gas is now being pushed out of homes and getting shoved aside as a fossil-fuel relic. The shift underscores the existential crisis gas producers may confront as governments battle climate change and wind and solar costs plunge.