Gas is the new coal with risk of $135b in stranded assets
Gas is the new coal, with risk of $135b in stranded assets Rachel Morison Share London | Natural gas is falling out of favour with emissions-wary investors and utilities at a quicker pace than coal did, catching some power generators unaware and potentially leaving them stuck with billions of dollars of assets they cannot sell. Citigroup and JPMorgan are among the banks that strengthened their financing restrictions on thermal coal under pressure from shareholders wanting to avoid the fuel, and the expectation is that gas is next. Executives at some western European companies say they’re al...