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      US Sanctions on Russian LNG: A Vital Step for Climate Action

      There is simply no excuse for Western governments not acting to defuse Russia's gas expansion in the Arctic.

      Svitlana Romanko
      Sep 19, 2023

      Russia's aggressive expansion of its gas infrastructure in the Arctic raises alarming concerns over massive methane emissions with potentially catastrophic climate impacts. Significant moves to stop this potentially deadly sprawl were taken by the U.S. with new sanctions targeting Russian liquefied natural gas infrastructure. These sanctions not only stand to deprive Russia of its future gas export revenues and undermine its military efforts in Ukraine but also represent a crucial contribution to mitigating climate change.

      The U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 14 expanded its sanctions list to include Arctic Transshipment, a Novatek-led joint venture with France's TotalEnergies, which holds a 10% interest in it. Arctic Transshipment owns two LNG floating storage units, known as Saam FSU and Koryak FSU. These are massive ships that are stationed near the Barents port of Murmansk in the north of Russia and the Kamchatka Peninsula in the far east.

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      'A Huge Win for Climate Justice': NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels

      Students first launched an NYU divestment campaign in 2004, but for years the board insisted that divestment was not the way forward.

      Olivia Rosane
      Sep 12, 2023

      Nearly two decades after students first raised the issue, New York University will divest from fossil fuels.

      The announcement came in a letter that chair of the NYU board of trustees William R. Berkley sent to student activist group Sunrise NYU in August, which was first reported by The Guardian Tuesday.

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      US Leaders and Big Oil Are Leading the World Toward a Climate Catastrophe

      By prioritizing fossil fuel production and great power politics over the findings of climate scientists, they are creating a future in which “we’re doomed.”

      Edward Hunt
      Aug 18, 2023

      The United States is producing record amounts of oil and natural gas, despite the fact that the ongoing use of these fossil fuels poses an existential threat to the planet.

      Even today, as the planet faces catastrophic warming, leaders in both the Democratic and Republican Parties keep pushing for more oil and natural gas production, believing that most of the world will continue to rely on these fossil fuels for decades to come.

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