Wall Street’s “Energy Transition” Funds Are Packed With Natural Gas

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The article argues that investment funds marketed as supporting the energy transition have substantial exposure to natural gas. It links the funding trend to rising electricity demand from AI and questions whether some private-sector climate claims amount to greenwashing ahead of COP31 in Antalya.

As we head into the United Nations’ 31st annual flagship climate conference (COP31), to be held next week in Antalya, Türkiye, greenwashing presents a large and growing problem in the private sector. As the tech sector’s greenhouse gas emissions explode against the backdrop of the artificial intelligence boom and the clean energy incentives dry up under the Trump administration, Big Tech and Wall Street alike are funding a boom in natural gas, all under the guise of funding the future of clean energy. “On Wall Street, the…