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'Wong ’s assertion in his letter that “we should be selling clean Canadian natural gas to East Asia,” is simply an impossible statement.'

A boom in LNG exports from the US to Europe, and especially Germany, is driving massive fossil-fuel expansion at a time when climate experts are demanding radical emission cuts.

The Biden administration unveiled one of its most significant actions to address climate change last month at the COP28 U.N. climate conference in the United Arab Emirates: new regulations aimed at curtailing methane leaks from oil and gas operations.

In 2007, after a marketing blitz for climate change during much of 2006 and the release of a new UN IPCC report, mentioning that methane had 23X the global warming effect of CO2 would get you shouted down and sternly reminded that CO2 lasts far longer. That is absolutely correct.

In the midst of Louisiana's marshy coastline, a relatively unknown company is pushing to construct a $10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility known as CP2, aiming to facilitate significant exports of LNG from the United States. Proponents argue that this terminal could boost the U.S. economy, reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas, and contribute to climate action by offering a cleaner alternative to coal.However, a nationwide movement, comprising major environmental groups, scientists, and activists, is vehemently opposing the project, contending that CP2 would lock in de...