Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion

Professor Robert Howarth:

Yes. We have known that kind of change is real for a very long time. There has been a massive effort on the part of the oil and gas industry lobbying and advertising in the United States to confuse the issue for the public and for policymakers. That is a travesty. The idea that natural gas is a bridge fuel is borne out of that disinformation.