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78 organizations from Europe & beyond call on US Department of Energy to deny all pending & future #fossilgas #LNG export projects!

LNG is a #climateBomb that harms #HumanRights, as Europe will & must continue its steep reduction in dirty gas demand.

www.foodandwatereurope.org/wp-content/u...
www.foodandwatereurope.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Stars and Stripes published an op-ed by retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Steve Anderson.
He urges President Biden to reject the pending liquefied natural gas (LNG) export licenses in front of them before President-elect Trump assumes office.
www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...
Don’t allow our liquefied natural gas resources to empower our rivals while we shoulder the burdens
www.stripes.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
CWA featured in this article. Desalination is for industrialization. Not the people.
Corpus Christi in drought plagued Texas has multiple desalination plant proposals to turn saltwater into fresh

Not for people, but for plastic mfers & fossil industries: leftover/toxic brine would be pumped into the bay 🧐

For @mongabay.bsky.social
I spoke to an activist leading the opposition:
Desalination plants proposed for Texas Gulf Coast spur broad opposition
Corpus Christi is a city of 316,000 residents on Texas’s Coastal Bend, a rich marine area along the Gulf of Mexico. Located close to multiple water hungry industries, this city located in a drought-pl...
news.mongabay.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Biden's LNG studies coming tomorrow. Key findings appear to be that LNG:
-- displaces more renewables than coal
-- increases emissions in all scenarios
-- increases wholesale energy costs by 30%
-- increases pollution burdens for communities

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/c...
‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns
Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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DOE has released its long-awaited study on LNG exports.

Key finding: In most scenarios, the amount of LNG that DOE has already approved is more than sufficient to meet global demand for decades to come.

www.energy.gov/articles/us-...
U.S. Department of Energy Completes LNG Study Update, Announces 60-Day Comment Period
The U.S. Department of Energy Completed an Update of the Studies that Inform its Public Interest Determination for LNG Export Applications to non-Free Trade Agreement Countries, a Requirement Authoriz...
www.energy.gov
December 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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DOE’s study on LNG exports confirms what we've long known. LNG exports are bad for communities’ health, climate, & energy prices—and could cost US households over $100/year. Now, DOE must reject unnecessary & harmful LNG export applications before it’s too late. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
Senator Markey Statement on Department of Energy LNG Export Study | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Washington (December 17, 2024) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and...
www.markey.senate.gov
December 18, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Representative @seancasten.bsky.social with the heat: "We’re sitting here in a world where we’ve invented cellphone technology and are arguing whether we should export rotary phones to the rest of the world.” www.post-gazette.com/business/pow... 🔌💡
Expanding natural gas exports will increase prices and pollution, report says
“A business-as-usual approach is neither sustainable nor advisable,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.
www.post-gazette.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Energy Secretary Granholm is finishing strong at DOE. She asked questions about #LNG that the industry didn't want asked, and the facts are in. Here are some notable excerpts of what Granholm said today in a statement on the new DOE LNG studies...
December 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM