Obama Energy Secretary: "Gas is the complement to wind and solar"

December 19, 2023

COP 28: Global Agreement Recognizes Natural Gas' Critical Role in Energy Transition

🌎At COP28, climate leaders, such as President Obama's former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, emphasized natural gas is the pragmatic solution to complement wind and solar.

🤝In a groundbreaking agreement, delegates at the convention called for the most ambitious climate action the world has ever seen, including recognizing that "transitional fuels can play a role in facilitating the energy transition while ensuring energy security."

🏛️It’s now time for U.S. policymakers to show leadership. With comprehensive permitting reform, we can build the necessary infrastructure to replace global coal with U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and reduce emissions.

📝In today's newsletter, we cover how permitting reform can help the U.S. act on its globalresponsibilities under the Global Stocktake agreed upon at COP28. ⤵️

- Chris Treanor, Executive Director, PAGE

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Obama-era Energy Secretary: Natural Gas is the ‘Logical’ Global Energy Transition Plan

COP28 wrapped up in Dubai, burdened by an undeniable truth: the world is still not on pace to successfully limit the rise of globaltemperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Fortunately, world leaders were open to pragmatic solutions and recognized that natural gas has a role in achieving the goals outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement.

With Infrastructure and Permitting, the US Can Meet Energy and Climate Demands at Home and Abroad

With COP28’s final global agreement recognizing natural gas’s role as a transition fuel in international decarbonization efforts, the need for natural gas to replace foreign coal is more apparent than ever.

The good news is that the US has the necessary resources to help the world achieve its climate goals and provide energy security by exporting more liquified natural gas (LNG).

Video: Natural Gas Industry Offers Pragmatic Solutions at COP28

As global leaders convened at COP28 to negotiate climate policy, PAGE arrived to spread awareness about natural gas’ growing role in the global energy transition.

Replacing the Worst Emitting Coal Plants with US LNG

ICYMI: PAGE Statement on the Biden Administration's Methane Rules

"Establishing verifiable methane standards is important to ensuring natural gas can continue to play a leading role in lowering power sector and industrial emissions. We recognize the Biden Administration’s leadership on the issue and share their goal of addressing methane. PAGE members have already taken significant steps to reduce methane emissions to almost negligible levels, helping establish U.S. natural gas as among the cleanest in the world.

Global energy instability has made clear the world lacks sufficient access to affordable, reliable, secure, and cleaner sources of energy, exacerbating the climate crisis as countries increasingly to turn to coal.

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