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LNG: The U.S. and EU’s Deal for Disaster

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union faces an energy crisis, leaving millions of residents in energy poverty and millions more in fear of coming winters.

A key part of the EU’s solution calls for increased imports from the United States of liquefied “natural” gas, or LNG, totaling an extra 15 billion cubic meters in 2022 and 50 billion more annually until at least 2030.

A Food & Water Action Europe analysis finds that this misguided EU policy could generate 400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent annually, cost over €64 billion through 2025 and lock in fossil fuel infrastructure for decades. A better investment for the EU and our planet is a rapid transition to 100% renewable energy, avoiding significant fossil fuel emissions.

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Carbon Capture and Storage: An Expensive and Unproven False Solution

We must take bold and uncompromising action to stave off the worst effects of climate change. If the planet warms more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, increased temperatures could cause irreversible damage, potentially making parts of the world uninhabitable this century. A central false solution to climate change is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which describes a set of technologies for fossil fuel companies to capture carbon dioxide either at the smokestack or in the atmosphere, then transport the CO2 in pipelines and inject it underground. CCS is popular with energy giants because it enables corporations to keep doing business as usual, while pretending to fight climate change. In reality, CCS is unproven and faces insurmountable technical, financial, and environmental barriers. It has also faced public opposition and concerns about efficacy.

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Have your say on the future of Europe’s energy system

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Food

We all know that Europe needs to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure yesterday to be able to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees.

The current law on priority EU energy infrastructure, the ‘TEN-E Regulation’, is very much at odds with the aim of building a future proof, clean energy system. It’s the law that made it possible for 55 fossil gas projects to receive highest EU priority as ‘Projects of Common Interest’ (PCIs). The good news: The law will be revised and the EU commission is seeking input from NGOs, citizens, scientists etc. on what a new energy infrastructure law should look like.

How can you submit to the consultation?

  1. Click on the button below – it will generate an email to the European Commission with a pre-written text.
  2. Fill out your name and other details at the bottom of the email text.
  3. If you have time, try to personalise your submission as much as possible. You could add a sentence or two at the start to say where you are writing from and why you particularly care about this issue. Feel free to edit the text of the email.

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SHANNON LNG – Just Transition and Employment in Ireland’s South-West

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Food

Ireland, like the rest of the world, needs to rapidly transition away from fossil fuels in order to meet its climate targets.
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The Shannon LNG terminal proposed for Ballylongford, Co. Kerry has received political and business support as a potential source of jobs for this rural area. However, the climate impact of the LNG terminal, which would import climate-hostile and environmentally destructive fracked gas from the US, has called the terminal’s acceptability into serious doubt. Furthermore, the proposed terminal would lock Ireland into fossil fuel use right at the moment when the country needs to transition to renewable energies. Can the desire to provide employment to the South- West of Ireland be reconciled with the burning need to move away from fossil fuel extraction, production and consumption?

Learn more in Food & Water Watch’s Factsheet: Shannon LNG – Just Transition and Employment in Ireland’s South-West

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EU Gas Mapping

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Food

****  28 info sheets with all you need to know about gas in the EU Member States  ****

>>> click on the flag to open the fact sheet for the country you want to know more about <<< 

 

You can find the Factsheet for Portugal translated in to Portuguese here.

New Fortress Global Natural Gas Buildout Entrenches Fossil Fuel Dominance

Approving more LNG facilities like the ones proposed by New Fortress for the export and import of natural gas will spur more environmentally damaging drilling and fracking, and building these energy-intensive facilities will generate more greenhouse gas emissions.

Learn more in Food & Water Watch’s Factsheet:
New Fortress Global Natural Gas Buildout Entrenches Fossil Fuel Dominance.

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