Environmental

Armstrong: Natural gas is powering clean energy economy

Staff Reports

Natural gas plays a significant role in the transition to lower emissions, said Williams President & CEO Alan Armstrong in a recent podcast with Betty Liu, Executive Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange.

ā€œThe energy industry is starting to come to the middle and say, we can reduce carbon emissions if we really put science to work and we put a master plan in place and start to work towards those.

ā€œNatural gas and renewables working together is a very powerful solution, not just for the U.S., but for the globe,ā€ he said. ā€œThe story here in the U.S. is very unique. We’ve reduced our carbon emissions by 17% over the last 13 years, and we’ve lowered the price people pay for natural gas at their home by 35% at the same time. There are very few countries that can say they both lowered people’s utility bills and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.ā€

You can listen to the entire podcast here.