Politics
Pipelines Pledge Emissions Curbs as Biden Targets Fossil Fuels
- Existing pipelines can ferry cleaner fuels, including hydrogen
- Biden backs phasing out fossil fuels to combat climate change
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America’s major natural gas pipeline owners committed to paring their carbon footprint and making their own operations emissions-free by 2050. The pledge falls short of covering the emissions of their customers -- which can be vastly larger -- but may help the industry ward off political attacks.
The promise from the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and its member companies -- which operate some 200,000 of the 300,000 miles of transmission pipes crisscrossing the U.S. -- is the latest industry pivot as Democrats take over the White House and Congress with vows to phase out fossil fuels.