Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’

Pine Brook’s Howard Newman Defends ‘Fracking for Export’

Editor’s Note: This is an interview from The Wall Street Journal.

Howard Newman, co-founder of private-equity firm Pine Brook, believes the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election should pursue a bigger role for the U.S. in the global fight against climate change and that the nation’s abundant natural-gas supply can be a means to that end.

Mr. Newman spoke to WSJ Pro about some of the energy policies he’d like to see the next administration adopt.