An even larger source is on the way. A sprawling LNG facility under construction near Lake Charles, about 40 miles east of the Sabine Pass terminal, is projected to produce substantially more emissions — eclipsing every LNG export terminal built in the United States so far and exceeding the dozens of LNG projects proposed for the next decade, according to a Verite News analysis of state and federal records.
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The terminal, called Louisiana LNG, is owned by Woodside Energy, Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer. Construction costs for the terminal are expected to reach nearly $18 billion, which would place the project among the largest foreign investments in Louisiana’s history, according to the state’s Republican governor, Jeff Landry. At the project’s groundbreaking ceremony in September, Landry called the occasion “a great day for Louisiana and an unbelievable day for America.”
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Despite assurances that natural gas would bring environmental benefits, many experts who study greenhouse gas emissions say the LNG boom will likely worsen global warming. In 2023, 170 scientists signed a letter urging President Joe Biden to halt the expansion of LNG terminals, warning that the growing use of liquefied natural gas will “put us on a continued path toward escalating climate chaos.”
LNG is at least 33 percent worse for the climate than coal when energy use from processing and shipping is taken into account, according to a Cornell University study.
Southerners don’t seem to give a single shit about any kind of progress, are the GOP just so entrenched down there? What is going on?
They don’t. I moved here 5 years ago and it’s so sad. The people are welcoming and amazing, but the government pockets anything they can (I come from Chicago, it is possible to do this and still take care of your people, not that I approve.), they try to extort businesses (only state with no buccees along i10), there’s rotting infrastructure everywhere, and to top it all off, we have representation the likes of Mike Johnson and John Kennedy. Can’t wait to get out of here. Oh and there’s no work. Laid off 6 months now.
Lol about Chicago, but that’s true. Yeah they are friendly. I dunno I guess it’s just a different outlook or something, they have that southern pride or traditionalism baked into them at school. That could all change literally overnight if people wanted it to because the people have all the power but they keep electing these absolute self serving shit bags idk.
Think Death Cult but the Death Cult is obsessed with everything always being a zero-sum game.
I don’t know if people from other countries really grasp how deep into collapse red states in the US are. Almost every red state is completely reliant on federal government hand outs because they are all so pointlessly broken from batshit crazy and cruel ideologies.
I recently turned down joining the family trip we arrange every other year because they were going to Florida, I have a lot of good memories of Florida from my youth (rose colored glasses and youthful ignorance I’m sure) but now the state is just a dumpster so no thanks I’m not spending a dime there.
Thank you for not going, fuck Florida.