liquefied-natural-gas

Sierra Club Sues FERC For Extending Expansion Deadline for Freeport LNG

Freeport, Texas - Sierra Club filed a 

Southwest Louisiana Community Tells FERC & LDNR That Methane Gas Exports Threatens Health and Safety

Cameron Parish, Louisiana -  Southwest Louisiana residents voiced their opposition to the Commonwealth LNG export terminal, the CP2 LNG export terminal, and the CP2 Express Pipeline - which are methane gas infrastructure proposed for construction in the area - because of these facilities’ imminent risks to their safety, public health, environment, and even the local economy.

New LNG Export Bill Would Harm Consumers & the Environment to Benefit Big Gas

Newly-introduced bill it would strip away the federal government’s responsibility to consider how LNG exports negatively impact Americans by exacerbating climate change, raising domestic energy prices, and perpetuating environmental injustices. These factors must be taken into account when deciding whether to approve additional LNG export terminals.

FERC Acts Against South Texas Communities Once Again in Fast Tracking Carbon Capture and Storage Project for Rio Grande LNG

Brownsville, Texas - Weeks after NextDecade started clear-cutting land for its fracked gas export terminal, Rio Grande LNG, in the Rio Grande Valley, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made steps towards speeding through its review of the proposed Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project.

FERC Acts Against Climate and Southwest Louisiana Communities in Rubber Stamping Commonwealth LNG

Despite clear evidence that liquified methane gas (LNG) exports are harmful to domestic energy consumers and are disastrous for frontline communities and the climate, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Commonwealth LNG export terminal, the first such certification in 2.5 years.

COP27: Sierra Club Statement On Climate Action Tracker LNG Analysis

SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- This morning at COP27, Climate Action Tracker released a new analysis that found that the carbon emissions from all under-construction, approved, and proposed Liquefied Methane (“natural”) Gas (LNG) projects between 2021-2050 will use up 10 percent of the remaining carbon budget, dramatically overshooting the emissions

Rio Grande LNG Begins Clear-cutting Land Despite a Legal Challenge and Opposition

This morning, local residents and members of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas gathered along HWY 48 outside the proposed site of Rio Grande LNG where clear-cutting is currently taking place.

World Energy Outlook Highlights Critical Need to Transition to Clean Energy

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) and it underscores how critical the clean energy transition is for global security and energy price stability. The report finds that the global energy crisis, spurred in large part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has been felt hardest by low-income communities, but is blunted in regions with a strong commitment to renewable sources of energy. 

Groups Urge DOE to Finally Act on Nearly Ten Year Old Petition Calling for Review of Fracked Gas Export Policy

Groups are urging the Department of Energy (DOE) to take long overdue action in response to a petition for rulemaking regarding liquefied methane gas (LNG) export policy filed by the groups in 2013. The original petition points to the fact that DOE has never specifically articulated a policy for reviewing LNG export applications. Without such a policy, DOE has failed to weigh the environmental and public health impacts of increased fracked gas production for export, nor adequately consider the economic impacts on American consumers who face higher energy prices in the face of increased exports of that gas overseas. 

Increased LNG Exports to Japan Discussed at Alaska LNG Summit, Contradicts Biden’s Climate Goals

To achieve better energy security for the US and Japan, Biden administration must work to transition to affordable clean energy

South Texas Communities Tell FERC: Rio Grande LNG and Texas LNG are Environmental Injustices to the Rio Grande Valley

Sierra Club and South Texas communities delivered technical and public comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urging the agency to stop Rio Grande LNG and Texas LNG, two fracked gas LNG export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, and have been under a re-review of their environmental justice impacts on the region.

El Valle del Río Grande en Peligro Debido a Terminales de Gas Fósil

El Sierra Club y la Rainforest Action Network han publicado un reporte sobre los riesgos para el Valle del Río Grande de dos propuestas de gas fósil y un gasoducto subsidiario.