Natural gas can help combat air pollution: GAIL

Highlighting the role that natural gas can play as a “bridge fuel” in the transition from fossil fuels to renewables, GAIL (India) Limited stressed on the need to increase use of the eco-friendly fuel for power generation and vehicular movement as this can help combat rising levels of air pollution.

 Joining energy majors at the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris to highlight the steps by the Indian oil and gas industry to combat climate change, GAIL advocated more production of gas-based power instead of burning coal and increasing city gas distribution networks.

 GAIL was one of only three public sector undertakings which presented a paper on the issue at a special event held at the India Pavilion on the sidelines of COP21.