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Article: BP: gas deserves more play in climate policy.(British Petroleum Company PLC)
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- The Oil Daily
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- September 25, 2009
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The head of BP America said Thursday that increased use of US natural gas is the best near-term solution to tackle the dueling issues of energy security and climate change.
Lamar McKay, chairman and president of BP America, told a conference in New York that increasing the use of "abundant, clean and secure" North American natural gas provides the best and most realistic path for meeting growing US energy demand and achieving the greatest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
"For a fraction of the cost of other options, BP estimates that as much as 30% of the near-term Waxman-Markey CO2 reduction target could be delivered through expanded gas use for ...