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      U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

      'A Welcome Relief': Transportation Department Suspends Trump-Era LNG 'Bomb Trains' Rule

      While celebrating the forthcoming review, campaigners also argued that "Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg should put a new rule in place that restores the ban on LNG by rail once and for all."

      Jessica Corbett
      Sep 01, 2023

      Green groups on Friday applauded as the Biden administration suspended a Trump-era rule allowing liquefied natural gas to be transported by train, delivering another blow to New Fortress Energy's proposal to ship climate-wrecking LNG by rail from Wyalusing, Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, New Jersey.

      The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)—in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, another U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) agency—announced in the Federal Register on Friday that it is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to suspend authorization of LNG rail transportation.

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      Spirit of Hela is seen transmitting LNG from Papua New Guinea

      Green Groups Urge US Credit Agency to Oppose Papua New Guinea LNG Project

      "Rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and environmental degradation are already threatening many people's existence and threatening our way of life," said one local, warning the project will worsen the climate crisis.

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 29, 2023

      More than two dozen advocacy groups from Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific region, and the United States on Tuesday urged the U.S. export credit agency to reject a liquefied natural gas project that they warned "presents significant financial risks and opportunity costs, as well as harmful climate impacts."

      The groups—including the Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights Inc. (CELCOR), Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth (FOE) United States, Global Witness, Oil Change International (OCI), and Sierra Club—wrote to U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) Chair Reta Jo Lewis about the Papua LNG project led by TotalEnergies.

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      John Allaire stands in profile with water and LNG infrastructure in the background.

      Biden Can Still Stop the Flow of LNG Exports, Starting With Venture Global

      Between fueling the climate crisis, local pollution, and higher energy costs for ordinary families, it’s clear that the LNG export boom is bad news for everyone except the gas companies.

      Tim Donaghy
      Aug 21, 2023

      While the U.S. bakes during a summer of record-breaking heat, President Joe Biden’s broken campaign promises to rein in fossil fuels are looking worse and worse. Biden still has a chance to reverse course and be the climate champion we need—but time is running short.

      Here’s what should be at the top of Biden’s to-do list: putting an end to the surge of liquefied methane gas (LNG) exports flowing from the Gulf Coast. He can start by denying permits to Venture Global’s proposed CP2 terminal which are due for a decision later this year.

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