Yes, I know it's not technically just methane, but methane is its primary constituent.
"Fossil gas" is also probably a suitable term, but I like "fossil methane" because it gets that spooky chemical name benefit.
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The name Natural Gas arose long before there was any effort to greenwash anything. It was in comparison to Coal Gas, which was artificially produced from coal and in use before Natural Gas came to market. Acting like this is some kind of greenwashing propaganda conspiracy just makes you look ignorant, and as a result it makes the whole movement look bad.
Also it's ironically the opposite of what OP was accusing the fuel industry of doing. Instead of green washing they're trying to Brownwash (greywash? Blackwash?) the term.
In a lot of cases, winning is what matters, and not moral purity.
Why shouldn't a good cause adopt a better name when opposing something?