A report today indicates the Biden administration is considering updating the criteria it uses to determine whether an application for exporting liquified gas, known as LNG, is in the public interest. According to POLITICO, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is “reviewing whether it is properly accounting for the climate impacts from a proposed project as well as the national security and the domestic economic consequences.”
Today, just weeks after frontline community members traveled from New York City’s climate week to Washington D.C. to share their concerns about the unchecked approval of dangerous fossil fuel projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) greenlit two requests to build even more dangerous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and fracked gas infrastructure. Despite objections about the economic, public health, and climate impacts, FERC rubber-stamped Venture Global’s request to increase construction of its Plaquemines LNG project to 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and an expansion to the high-profile Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress fracked gas pipeline.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released data today that shows the United States has exported more methane gas in the first half of 2023 than ever before in the same period. Most U.S. gas exports consist of liquefied gas, known as LNG. According to EIA, the United States first started exporting gas in 2016 and is now the largest LNG exporter in the world.
WASHINGTON DC — Today, in a win for safety and the climate, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced the suspension of a Trump-era rule that allowed the transport of liquified methane gas, referred to as LNG, by rail.
As insurers abandon communities facing rising climate threats from the Gulf Coast to California, fears of an uninsurability crisis in the US are growing.
Lake Charles, LA — Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Louisiana experienced three industrial emergencies. A fire, reportedly caused by a lightning strike, burned from yesterday afternoon until early this morning at the Calcasieu Refining Company, an oil refinery in Lake Charles.
Organizations Challenge FERC for Approving Several LNG Projects in the Rio Grande Valley and Southwest Louisiana
El Sierra Club y Earthjustice han solicitado una revisión de la decisión del Departamento de Energía (DOE) de otorgar la aprobación de exportaciones del proyecto de gas fósil licuado de Alaska.
The Department of Energy has denied a second request from the developers of the proposed Lake Charles LNG export facility to extend their deadline for beginning to ship gas abroad, likely spelling the end for the controversial methane gas project. DOE also issued a policy statement, to be published in the federal register, stating that the department will be more stringent with extension requests going forward.
ANCHORAGE – Today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would grant approval for the exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project, a $38.7 billion fossil-fuel infrastructure plan to export liquified natural gas (LNG). It would be capable of exporting 20 million metric tons of gas per year – a quantity that could result in over 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution emissions annually.
New letter urges the Biden Administration to oppose the Japan-led G7 efforts to support expansion of new Liquefied Natural Gas supplies.
Tras años de activismo en Estados Unidos y Europa, el bando francés Société Générale confirmó anoche que ha retirado su apoyo financiero al altamente controvertido proyecto Rio Grande LNG de gas fósil en el puerto de Brownsville.