The urgent need for methane literacy

The climate threat of methane gas expansion is growing, and the public remains largely unaware — in part because of misinformation and misleading terminology.

A protest sign reads: “Natural gas is methane. It is a cause of climate change.” Source: Getty Images.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post published an important article on the latest, and perhaps greatest, recent threat to U.S. efforts to prevent climate catastrophe: A massive planned expansion of exported liquified methane gas.

In addition to the eight liqu…