Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States’ Climate Plans
![Protestors in front of a Chase Bank hold a sign reading "No Northwest Fossil Fuel Pipeline Expansions! Stop GTN Xpress"](https://www.desmog.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DSC_0670-1024x683.jpg)
California, Oregon, and Washington have all passed laws and enacted policies that require utilities to dramatically cut carbon pollution over the next decade. But TC Energy, the Canadian owner of a major regional gas pipeline, has asked federal regulators to approve a plan that would dramatically expand the line’s capacity, flooding the region for decades […]
Doctors File False Advertising Complaint Over Hidden Health Risks of Gas
![A false advertising complaint is taking aim at a sponsored post in the Globe and Mail from April 4, 2022, as well as other claims made by the Canadian Gas Association. Source: CAPE complaint](https://www.desmog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Globe-content.png)
Dr. Melissa Lem was shocked when she saw an advertisement from a major Canadian fossil fuel lobby group showing young parents and their two children happily cooking a meal over a brand new gas stove.
The Vancouver-based physician said that ad is “terrible and misleading” because dozens of scientific studies suggest that children who grow up breathing the fumes from gas stoves have a heightened risk of asthma — a potentially 42 percent increased risk, according to one meta-analysis.