the U.S. Department of Energy released a long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Here's what it found.
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** Gas exports are a threat to environment and economy, study finds
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Inbound LNG tankers at Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass terminal on the Texas-Louisiana border. Roy Luck, Flickr ([link removed])
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy released ([link removed]) a long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, finding that ([link removed]) unfettered shipments of the fuel would make domestic prices rise and pose threats to the environment.
LNG is a form of natural gas that has been cooled to a liquid state, allowing it to be easily stored or shipped overseas in specially designed tankers. The study ([link removed]) found that allowing further U.S. LNG exports would cause an additional 1.5 gigatons of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2050—about a quarter ([link removed]) of the country's total annual emissions.
The study also found that sending more gas overseas would decrease domestic supply, raising wholesale natural gas prices in the U.S. by roughly 31 percent. According to the analysis, that translates to an additional $100 in energy costs for consumers per year by 2050.
The findings come 10 months after the Biden administration paused the approval of LNG export projects ([link removed]) to study their effects on climate change, the economy, and national security. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the pause on his first day in the White House, saying ([link removed]) it has stifled investments and jobs in the domestic gas industry.
“Those are the facts, and the final decision, of course, is now in the hands of the next administration,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said ([link removed]) . “We hope that they’ll take these facts into account to determine whether additional LNG exports are truly in the best interest of the American people.”
** Quick hits
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** Quote of the day
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” Ultimately, protecting this area for future generations of Americans to experience is the single most important aspect to me personally.”
—Robert Keiter, Wallace Stegner Professor of Law at the University of Utah on Bears Ears National Monument, Backpacker ([link removed])
** Picture This
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Welcome to the world, baby desert tortoise! Break out of your shell, stretch those tiny legs and explore the desert.
To keep these threatened animals and all wildlife — here are some tortoise tips:
🐢 Travel like a tortoise and drive slow on the roads on public lands. Just like in the picture, baby tortoises are small and easy to mistake for debris.
🔎 Check, double check, triple check. Desert tortoises like to use your car for shade during the summer when temperatures are scalding. Look under your car, especially by the tires, for any resting reptiles before driving away from parking lots.
🗑️ Take care of trash. Litter attracts birds with a keen appetite for hatchling tortoises with new, soft shells.
☝️ No touchy! Please do not touch or pick up tortoises. When scared, these animals tend to release the liquid stored in their bladders to startle predators.
Photo by K. Kristina Drake / @usgs ([link removed])
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