Senators Press FTC To Investigate ‘Certified Gas’ Environmental Claims

February 13, 2024
A group of Senate Democrats is pressing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to scrutinize marketing claims regarding “certified gas” touted as cleaner than regular natural gas, suggesting the agency should address the issue in its “Green Guides” for environmental marketing claims and potentially write more prescriptive regulations on the issue. The concerns reflect opposition among many Democrats and their environmental allies to fossil fuel use, but they also say there are more specific reasons to doubt that certified gas --...


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