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The Hidden Climate Costs of Exporting US Liquefied Natural Gas

Inside Climate News · By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous · last updated
An exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found that a single year of greenhouse gas emissions from tankers carrying LNG from the United States more than cancels out the annual reductions achieved through driving all the electric vehicles currently on U.S. roads.

By Phil McKenna, Peter Aldhous

CAMERON, La.—For a ship the length of nearly three football fields, Energy Intelligence seemed to turn on a dime. With tugboats pushing and pulling at its bow and stern, the 295-meter liquefied natural gas tanker pivoted 180 degrees in the brackish waters of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in late February, preparing to refuel for a trip to the Netherlands.

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