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Joe Biden’s pause reckons with US natural gas, liquified natural gas exports and climate change

So, Biden paused LNG exports. Does this … fix climate change?

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The liquefied natural gas boom hits a snag in Port Arthur, Texas

A federal court has revoked a key permit for Sempra Energy, whose LNG facility could worsen pollution in Black and Latino neighborhoods.

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Focus: How shipping more US natural gas to Europe helped fuel CO2 pollution

Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. liquefied natural gas facilities have jumped to 18 million tons per year, up 81% since 2019, adding a volume of greenhouse gas to the atmosphere equivalent to that produced by several big coal plants, according to United States government data.

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‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquefied natural gas took over the Gulf Coast

The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price.

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Critics of Gibbstown plan for liquefied gas transport warn of global-warming impact

A controversial proposal to move liquefied natural gas by truck and train from northeastern Pennsylvania to South Jersey for overseas export would produce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2 million cars every year over 25 years, according to a new environmental impact study commissioned by the plan’s opponent

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