natural gas
noun
1
: gas issuing from the earth's crust through natural openings or bored wells
especially
: a combustible mixture of methane and other hydrocarbons used chiefly as a fuel and raw material
2
: gas manufactured from organic matter (such as coal)
Examples of natural gas in a Sentence
a house heated by natural gas
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That’s important, of course—the most impressive of Jacobson’s statistics from this spring in California is that the amount of natural gas used for electricity generation has dropped more than forty per cent from last year, which is the kind of number that the climate crisis requires.
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Biden could respond by invoking Trump’s pledge to roll back clean energy initiatives to benefit domestic oil and natural gas production that would worsen the long-term fight against climate change.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
The votes came after Ohio lawmakers defined natural gas as green energy in late 2022.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
This relative energy independence helped to insulate Americans against at least some of the pain that came when oil and natural gas prices spiked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while Europe wasn’t so lucky.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
Biden could respond by invoking Trump’s pledge to roll back clean energy initiatives to benefit domestic oil and natural gas production that would worsen the long-term fight against climate change.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 June 2024
The votes came after Ohio lawmakers defined natural gas as green energy in late 2022.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 26 June 2024
This relative energy independence helped to insulate Americans against at least some of the pain that came when oil and natural gas prices spiked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while Europe wasn’t so lucky.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
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“Natural gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20gas. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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