News Corp gasses up ‘green’ fossil fuels in a series on future energy – but does it pass the sniff test? | Temperature Check
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#6EQWR)
Series sponsored by organisations including coal and gas companies features incorrect' claims on green gas' and context missing on carbon capture technology
In a double-page spread in News Corp Australia's metropolitan newspapers on Monday, readers were told how families loved cooking with gas, how gas had been officially stamped as green" by the European Union and how coal had a future thanks to carbon capture and storage.
The news articles, packed with industry talking points about the future of fossil fuels, were written around a picture of a smiling mum with her two young sons, one of them sitting cross-legged on a kitchen bench next to a gas stove.
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