The company's $ 35 billion takeover of XTO Energy in 2010 was inspired in part by expectations that stricter climate rules would
spur natural gas demand as a replacement for dirtier coal.
Not exact matches
Higher temperatures across much of the US has
spurred more electric power
demand, which in turn has given a bump to
natural gas prices and producers.
When
natural gas, which is cleaner than coal, gets pricey, that
spurs demand for credits.