Natural gas is mostly methane. Over a 20 year period - roughly the timeline for any meaningful action to prevent catastrophic warming - methane is 86 times more warming than carbon dioxide. Methane is also a local health risk, because of the reality of leaks and groundwater contamination at the source where it is fracked. It is also, like any fossil fuel, turned into C02 when it is burned, adding to the overall unsustainable amount of carbon in the atmosphere already.
The crisis of climate change requires us to stop building new fossil fuel infrastructure-such as this gas pipeline. Instead we should invest in conservation, fixing leaks, and invest in renewable energy infrastructure. All new fossil fuel infrastructure will help bring the planet to a tipping point for climate change, after which it cannot be stopped. Climatologists and other scientists are now in total agreement that in order to prevent a temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius, we must stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere immediately. (Methane, the main component of fracked gas, is turned into CO2 when it is burned, like all other fossil fuels.)
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#StandWithMary VIGIL Monday, Jan 9th, 8-9am 10 Grove Street, West Roxbury
Free, on-street parking is available throughout the area.
Bring your signs, shirts and spirit and show Spectra and National Grid that we will never give up, never give out and never give in until we shut this down.
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