Oil and gas companies target coal industry as climate deal comes closer As the global climate deal draws closer, oil and gas companies are claiming that coal is the major factor that is posing a threat to climate.They claimed that about is the problem and described themselves as a crucial part of the solution.A letter was sent to UN climate officials who are working on a major climate deal to be adopted in Paris in December by six major European oil and gas companies including Royal Dutch Shell and BP. They mentioned that they are ready to play their part and work together with renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.However, they are considering gulp coal's market share in power generation. According to them, natural gas and oil are so much part of the problem.However, gas produced by many oil companies release about half the CO2 emissions of coal-fired plants and lower levels of air pollution.In an energy conference in Paris on Tuesday, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said that a coal-to-gas switch ensures a sustainable energy system tomorrow. He also called natural gas a clean-burning ally to renewable such as solar and wind.Counter-strikes against fellow fossil fuels industries have been resisted by the coal industry. It has instead opted to draw attention to new technologies that improve the efficiency of coal-fired power plants or capture their CO2 emissions.Many environmental advocacy groups are skeptic behind the attacks of oil-and-gas industry's on coal. They don™t want fossil fuel industries to influence the climate policy.