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Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas
Seven members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to permanently ban shipments of liquefied natural gas by rail, arguing that a plan to ship the highly explosive fuel through their districts to a proposed export terminal in New Jersey poses the risk of “catastrophic impacts.’’ The Biden administration had ordered […]
Read MoreLouisiana Regulators Are Not Keeping Up With LNG Boom, Environmentalists Say
Amid booming gas exports in Louisiana, environmental regulators aren’t keeping up with their job of protecting the public from pollution caused by the growing industry, environmental advocates said on Tuesday. With more Gulf Coast export terminals planned, the threats to area residents and their environment will only increase, according to a report from the Louisiana […]
Read MoreSidestepping a New Climate Commitment, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Greenlights a Mammoth LNG Project in Louisiana
After declaring nine months ago that it would start factoring climate change into regulatory decisions about major gas projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has thrown up its collective hands and concluded that it doesn’t know how. At least not yet. The uncertainty was conveyed last month when the commission’s five members, all presidential appointees, […]
Read MoreProtesters Rally at Gas Summit in Louisiana, Where Industry Eyes a Fossil Fuel Buildout
The U.S. today sells more compressed methane gas on international markets than any other country, though the export sector here is barely 6 years old. Fossil fuel industry leaders intend to continue on this soaring trajectory with plans to build a slate of new gas export terminals on the Gulf Coast. More than half of […]
Read MoreIndigenous Leaders in Texas Target Global Banks to Keep LNG Export Off of Sacred Land at the Port of Brownsville
When Juan Mancias was a child, his grandmother told him the story her parents told her, of the place at the Great River’s end. All good things ended up there, she said, carried from the high deserts across 1,000 miles to the sea, where they spilled across a vast delta, teeming with life. There, Mancias’ […]
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