More than a dozen US companies and organizations have formed the Global Natural Gas Coalition, which they say will work to promote the benefits of natural gas as a foundation for economic growth and prosperity worldwide. Officials from LNG Allies and other participating groups launched the effort on June 25.
“The world is in the midst of a fundamental energy transformation where natural gas will be the foundational fuel for economic prosperity throughout the world,” said Dennis V. Arriola, chief strategy officer and executive vice-president for Sempra Energy and the GNGC’s founding member.
“Our coalition brought together groups and individuals to show our strength and provide a voice for natural gas and the many benefits it provides,” Arriola said.
“With natural gas leading the way, the energy revolution in America has created millions of jobs and billions in economic growth while also increasing our geopolitical standing and reducing air emissions,” said Karen A. Harbert, president of the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute.
Organized labor also is on board. “The Laborer’s International Union of North America’s half-million members—who have worked more than 80 million hr in the pipeline industry in the last 5 years—are proud to join the [GNGC] to promote the use of gas as a safe and affordable fuel to meet the world’s energy needs,” said LIUNA Executive Director Yvette Pena-O’Sullivan.
Officials said that members also include other organizations supporting manufacturing, utilities, pipelines, and LNG; individual companies; academic institutions; trade and labor groups; and others with the common goal to create a unified voice advocating and promoting gas’s use as a foundational fuel for global economic prosperity.
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