News / US and EU lawmakers join growing backlash against LNG

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 Originally touted as a clean-burning fuel with reduced sulphur and particulates and a part-way decarbonisation solution, recent developments show the honeymoon is definitely over for liquefied methane gas (LNG).

On Monday, 40 lawmakers signed a letter to Brenda Mallory, chair of the the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), “sounding the alarm” over the buildout of LNG infrastructure in the US.

“Our ability to combat the worst impacts of the climate crisis depends, to a significant degree, ...