Climate Changed
Big Oil Prepares to Defend Big Gas as Climate Week Begins
- Gas’s role in energy divides activists, politicians, Big Oil
- The fuel is killing dirtier coal but is a major carbon emitter
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Championed by Big Oil as the fastest way to reduce emissions and reviled by environmentalists who say the world needs to ditch all fossil fuels -- the debate over natural gas may be one of the controversial aspects of climate change.
The arguments will get an airing as politicians, activists and business leaders gather for Climate Week in New York. On Monday, CEOs of the world’s largest oil companies are expected to speak at an event organized by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative where they’ll likely defend the idea that gas is integral to a low-carbon future.