![]() The lobbyists' presence worries experts, because their business interests often stand in opposition to the summit's goal of reducing climate change-causing greenhouse gases, while still providing the world with power. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – World leaders hashing out critical climate issues at the United Nations' summit in Egypt have company: 636 fossil-fuel lobbyists are among the attendees. They say natural gas is a transition fuel, cleaner than coal, and can serve as a backup to renewables.īut natural gas is mostly methane - a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide - and it leaks. AHMAD GHARABLI /AFPįossil-fuel interests are fighting for natural gas at the United Nations' COP27 climate summit. President Joe Biden made a brief stop at the UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. ![]()
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