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

As we head into the United Nations' 31st annual flagship climate conference COP31, to be held next week in Antalya, Trkiye, 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 'energy transition' includes natural gas and data centers," blared a Grist headline published earlier this week.