Speaking at the
Davos World Economic Forum, US Climate Envoy John Kerry offered a strong
critique of natural gas: “Gas is primarily methane, and we have a huge
methane problem, folks.”
Kerry was responding to Shell CEO Ben van Breundel’s argument that the US government should reduce demand for fossil fuels and not take action to reduce production by companies like Shell.
UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed offered an even more blunt criticism of van Breundel’s argument that we can drill our way out of global warming: “You can’t be talking about new [fossil-fuel exploration and production], when the science tells you have to reduce that production 6 percent per annum and you’re increasing by 2 percent.”