Protesters slam gas group’s use of customers’ money to thwart climate efforts

Gas Leaks Project launches campaign targeting the American Gas Association, which claims nearly all utilities in the US as members

A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to decry utilities’ practice of spending customers’ money to advance a pro-fossil fuel agenda.

“Americans are already paying the price of climate change,” said Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts at a gathering at the US Capitol. “They shouldn’t have to pay the salaries of those who are fueling it.”