Media Contact:
Rebekah Staub, Earthworks, rstaub@earthworks.org
WASHINGTON — Today marks the end of the public comment period for the Department of Energy’s landmark study on liquified “natural” gas (LNG) that concluded U.S. LNG exports raise electricity bills and gas prices and increase pollution in communities overburdened with petrochemical pollution. Earthworks joined a broad coalition of local residents, fishermen, economists, environmental organizations, and veterans in telling the Trump Administration that LNG exports are not in the public interest.
Statement from Allison Woolverton, Federal Fossil Fuels Campaigner at Earthworks:
“This study further proves that there is nothing natural about liquified natural gas. From ecological destruction and increased consumer prices for Americans to methane emissions and safety threats, LNG is not in anyone’s interest. The Gulf Coast’s shrimping industry, a hallmark of our culture, cuisine, and coastal livelihoods, is being decimated by the buildout of infrastructure for LNG exports. With lifecycle emissions surpassing that of coal, the export of LNG does not represent clean energy. Instead, it locks the U.S. into decades more of dependence on volatile global energy markets.”