U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry Puts Natural Gas on Notice

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U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and MIT President Rafael Reif speak with Bloomberg TV.Source: Bloomberg
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday put natural gas on notice, saying the world’s reliance on the fossil fuel should be limited to potentially a decade, unless its greenhouse gas emissions are fully captured.

Though natural gas burns cleaner than coal when used to generate electricity, it should not be part of a long-term climate strategy without emission-control technology, Kerry said in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg Television.