Posted on 01/12/2024 7:51:00 AM PST by Red Badger
The U.S. has become the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas. President Biden is finding that this superpower status comes with its own set of headaches.
In the past two years, hundreds of cargoes loaded with supercooled gas departed the U.S. Gulf Coast as foreign buyers turned to America for energy supplies. Developers of export terminals have seized the momentum to advance plans to build new plants and crank out even more LNG.
Now, climate activists and Democratic lawmakers are exhorting the Biden administration to halt this expansion. They argue that the federal government, which has to approve LNG projects, is failing to account for the harmful effects of gas exports on the climate, the U.S. economy and local communities.
In December, Greenpeace projected images of flares burning excess gas and other images onto government buildings around Washington, D.C.
“President Biden, STOP THE GAS BOOM,” read one projection.
And on Tuesday, national environmental leaders called for a three day sit-in at the Energy Department in February to pressure the Biden administration to pause the approval of new LNG facilities.
The mounting opposition comes as Biden heads into a contentious presidential election, in which fossil-fuel supplies will be a key issue. The candidate has to corral young, climate-concerned voters, some of whom view his track record on the environment as mixed after his administration approved several fossil-fuel projects. He must also reassure foreign allies that the U.S. will remain a reliable provider of the fossil fuels on which they depend.
A White House spokesman said that “President Biden has led and delivered on the most ambitious climate agenda in history.” He pointed to Biden’s signature climate bill and a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations, among other measures.
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They can’t shut down the exports, just the pipelines and terminals.
Especially with the new world of marine drones.
Can you imagine Europe with much of its energy gone in a heartbeat?
“THESE PEOPLE ARE TOTAL IDIOTS!!!!!.”
As long as we keep thinking that, they keep winning.
It is coming
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