Larisa Manescu, larisa.manescu@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, a Shell executive said that electricity could squeeze out oil and gas as the main source of fuel for transportation in the next twenty years, and that with its own customers, the company is seeing significant shifts to electricity whenever possible. Shell has recently invested relatively small sums of money into electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
In response, Sierra Club’s Director of Clean Transportation Gina Coplon-Newfield released the following statement:
"The internal combustion engine will be a thing of the past. Climate science has dictated it, and even oil companies know it. Companies like Shell need to respond to and hasten this necessary transition, but so far, Shell has merely dipped its toe in to invest in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Rather than seeking to slow or impede the transition, Shell and oil companies must listen to their customers and climate science pushing the transition to electrifying transportation. We know that bold action to electrify transportation -- now the leading source of carbon pollution in the nation -- as quickly as possible is the way forward; it’s past time for the oil and gas industry to hop on board.”
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