Energy Experts to Gas Industry: Help, Don't Obstruct, Work on Climate Issues
View on SNL Financial website"'There is a huge opportunity for natural gas … if natural gas is viewed correctly as a clean energy source,' Richard Newell, president of Resources for the Future, said in an Oct. 4 panel.
'All the boxes are checked,' Newell said. Conventional air pollution from gas combustion is already low, he said. Gas is a great substitute for coal, especially if the methane emissions are controlled, he said. Gas can be coupled with carbon capture and carbon storage, as shown by pilot projects in Texas.
'If that carbon is sequestered in the ground, natural gas can be a zero-emitter,' according to Newell, a former administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. "I really believe that.'"
