HEATED Tim Ryan is a paid fossil fuel mouthpiece Public records reviewed by HEATED show Ryan received $250,000 in 2023 from a fossil fuel lobbying group to hype up methane gas. Emily Atkin and Arielle Samuelson Dec 12, 2024 “We did not give them enough of, ‘We are reindustrializing, we are talking about American competitiveness. We are moderate on things like natural gas in Western Pennsylvania,’” he said. “We can’t even be for natural gas replacing coal,” he added—a perplexing remark given that Kamala Harris fully embraced methane gas during her campaign. The comment becomes less perplexing, however, when considering Ryan’s day job. The former congressman is a spokesperson for a group called Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, a fossil fuel lobbying group that brands itself as a climate group.
Write your reps and tell them how their constituent voters are not these big coal burning fans. There have been public hearings here in Pennsylvania with numerous people organizing against a coal burning plant that wants to also burn tires. The idea that the election hinged upon people wanting more coal burning is absolute nonsense PR by the fossil fuel industry which is obviously getting so desperate with this off the wall messaging. That said, elected officials can be clueless people who listen to the last person who buys them lunch or the last corporate pitch that lands in their inbox, so we the constituents need to definitely counter this messaging.
My letter to elected representatives:
I want all fossil fuels phased out, especially starting with coal burning. Renewables are the future. We need to transition.