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We partnered with SkyTruth to map #LNG shipping routes across the globe. And the results are alarming: LNG ships traveled half the distance to the sun last year! ☀ 💨 LNG shipping is leaking methane across its entire lifecycle. Even a single LNG ship like the Diamond Gas Rose can be responsible for a "super-emitter" event. This is because #methane is a greenhouse gas 80X more potent than CO2. 🔄 This toxic trail moves from land to sea and back again. LNG fuel comes from gas extracted through fracking, a primarily land-based practice that devastates the local environment and communities. Infographic: https://lnkd.in/gr9GcCMX 📢 We need stricter regulations to keep this dirty fossil fuel off our ships. Take action at https://lnkd.in/gBg8N7XV #SayNotoLNG #Fracking #Shipping #ClimateAction

A great end to the year with a new article published in GRL which looked into whether decommissioned unconventional oil and gas wells in BC, Canada leak. We found that while emissions from some decommissioned unconventional wells may occur, natural soils-based oxidation may fully convert released CH4 to CO2 and significantly mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from such sources: https://lnkd.in/e2rJzkwm

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an explosive substance composed primarily of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. The U.S. is the world’s largest LNG exporter, driving skyrocketing gas production. In a big win for our climate, communities, and American consumers, the Biden administration just hit pause on a huge new swath of LNG exports as it decides whether to allow massive new projects that would expand future exports of LNG. Today’s news is a key step toward our goal of phasing out LNG and dirty fossil fuels that are powering the climate crisis and polluting frontline communities!

“Over the last two decades it has become clear that the fastest, most impactful way” to address emissions is to “replace international coal with domestic natural gas.”   The reality is The White House’s U.S. LNG decision is a major roadblock in achieving our climate goals. We need to be investing in U.S. natural gas infrastructure - not halting it.   Hear more from EQT Corporation’s CEO and President, Toby Z. Rice, at last week’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce Energy Subcommittee hearing on the consequences of the Biden administration’s LNG export ban:

Last week, SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG called on US FERC to grant permit to yet another #frackedgas #LNG export terminal in Louisiana - despite the fact that the current terminal of their US partner Venture Global has significant operational problems (check latest report here https://lnkd.in/eHZkqjkN). #LNG has already been identified and listed as a commodity with potential #humanrightsabuses by the German Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (check https://lnkd.in/exPQuqDX). Why are SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG not addressing the polluting supply chain first before they call for more pollution/suffering and biodiversity loss? Urgewald

Many environmentalists argue that it is, challenging the conventional wisdom that gas is a sort of diet fossil fuel that could help reduce climate pollution as the energy system shifts to renewable power. But the picture is more complicated than that, say many researchers who study the carbon content of fuels. Gas — and LNG exports in particular — most likely contributes more to planetary warming than previously thought, but it still can reduce greenhouse gas emissions…

LNG : The wolf disguised as the sheep? 🐺 -> 🐑 LNG is sometimes described as a transition fuel towards decarbonizing the maritime industry. Is it really better than HFO or MDO? ⛽ Aligning to ISO 14083 , emissions from energy consumption by combustion, fuel leakage and refrigerant leakage is to be considered when it comes to emission reporting for cargo owners. So what happens to CO2e emissions from LNG when you consider Well to wake emissions including leakage of fuel? Check out the analysis from #icct. The key word is Methane slip. Do you know methane traps 86 times more heat than CO2? So can we consider LNG as a transition fuel ? Comment your thoughts. Checkout the articles for more info Reference : 1. https://lnkd.in/gSaeUKcK. 2. https://lnkd.in/ggKKD2JB

Making LNG climate-friendly is a must. Undoubtedly, #lng is an established and convenient fuel. However, methane is a potent greenhouse gas. How can these positives and negatives be reconciled responsibly? A zero tolerance approach around #methaneemissions to the atmosphere is key. Monitoring flaring operations to ensure that #methane is fully combusted to CO2 can reduce the greenhouse gas impact by circa 50 times. Read on...

The fossil fuel production gap - the extra production of fossil fuels beyond a level to stay at 1.5C degrees - is one of the top issues for the world to overcome. How do we stop fossil producing nations from continuing to grow coal, oil and gas production?