Gulf residents vow to keep fighting the terminal, which is still subject to Biden’s “pause” on new fossil gas exports.
Construction cranes are seen near the construction site of the Venture Global LNG plant next to the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 17, 2023. The fossil gas export industry has exploded across the Gulf South in recent years, and Venture Global is seeking permission to build a massive terminal in Cameron Parish.
Taking a stand in her last meeting with FERC, outgoing Commissioner Allison Clements issued a dissent against the decision to approve CP2 and a related pipeline that will feed the facility, both proposed by the fossil fuel firm Venture Global. Clements said FERC’s environmental analysis does not “adequately address” the impacts that CP2 would have on
Clements was referring to pollution released by directly by the proposed export terminal, but environmentalists take a broader view of the potential climate damage. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and leaks into the atmosphere during the entire fossil gas lifecycle, from initial production in the vast fracking fields of Texas to its final destination overseas, where the liquefied fuel is re-gasified and burned.
U.S. gas exports are sometimes touted as an important “bridge fuel” for China, a major consumer of coal and contributor to global warming, but a“Policymakers in both LNG exporting and importing countries should approach claims about the necessity of LNG as a ‘bridge fuel’ with a high degree of skepticism,” said Sam Reynolds, an LNG researcher and coauthor of the report, in a statement this week.
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