U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe to cut the region’s dependence on Russian fuel risks undermining his administration's climate goals by encouraging more gas production and increasing emissions, according to climate experts.
The issue reflects the tricky balance the White House must strike between global energy security issues and longer-term aspirations to usher in a broad transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of global warming.
While gas burns cleaner than oil or coal, it remains a climate menace because of its tendency to escape wells, pipelines, and other infrastructure as methane. Methane is many times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. She said U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to Europe could have a lower climate impact than Russian gas because Russia’s pipeline network is particularly leaky.BROAD GOALS
The Biden administration plans to require oil and gas operators to detect and repair methane leaks from big wells and along pipelines, a regulation climate experts say could address the largest sources of fugitive methane but which would not address all stages of the LNG supply chain.
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