THE recent editorial ('Gas pipeline fracas a sign of the times', Newcastle Herald, 20/1) repeats talking points the gas industry uses to pressure farmers and hold back the renewable energy industry, and many politicians have fallen for this great con job.
New research shows 13 per cent of child asthma cases in the US can be directly attributed to gas stove use, prompting lawmakers to step towards regulating methane-gas stoves. Findings from Yale University show higher rates of childhood cancer in communities living near unconventional gasfields in North America.
