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LNG To Fuel Conflict, Profit, Warming in Coming Years [1]

A partisan debate has flared over liquified natural gas, as industry, environmentalists and politicians wrangle over LNG’s role in climate change and the energy transition, heating and electricity prices, and international and domestic U.S. politics. Backgrounder lays out LNG’s history, starting with the fracking boom and bringing it up to speed with the war in Ukraine and upcoming presidential elections.

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Backgrounders [2]
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Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Technology [13]
Transportation [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
International [20]
Canada [21]
Mexico [22]
Asia [23]
Europe [24]
Middle East [25]
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Public [26]
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Award-Winning Beat Reporting Highlights Legacy of Environmental Racism [27]

Top-flight regional reporting (and data analysis) that explored inequities between Black and white communities around Baltimore, Maryland, yielded journalist Scott Dance a wide range of stories — and a first-place prize in the most recent awards from the Society of Environmental Journalists. Dance, now on the climate desk for The Washington Post shares insights from the beat in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [29]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Justice [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [33]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [26]
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"Scientists Are Shedding Light on ‘Dark Vessels’ at Sea" [36]

"A recent study revealed just how much fishing activity is slipping under the radar, finding that roughly three-quarters of the world’s industrial fishing ships are not publicly tracked."

Fish & Fisheries [31]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [26]
International [20]
Source: Inside Climate News [37], 03/25/2024
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"America Is on Fire, Says One Climate Writer. Should You Flee?" [38]

"In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [39]
People & Population [34]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [16]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [40], 03/25/2024
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"Exclusive: Mexico's Pemex Put Off Repairs Despite Vast Methane Leak" [41]

"Mexican state energy company Pemex put off urgent repairs and maintenance at an important offshore platform for months, resulting in methane spewing into the atmosphere, according to internal documents and three sources familiar with the infrastructure."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [12]
Public [26]
International [20]
Mexico [22]
Source: Reuters [42], 03/25/2024
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"Europe's Pro-Nuclear Leaders Seek Atomic Energy Revival" [43]

"Leaders from pro-nuclear European countries and energy experts called for a nuclear energy revival on Thursday at a summit in Brussels, seeking to rebuild the European industry after years of gradual decline."

Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [44]
Public [26]
Europe [24]
Source: Reuters [45], 03/25/2024
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"In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates" [46]

"Would-be voters in this coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Source: Capital & Main [48], 03/25/2024
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Taps Have Run Dry Across South Africa’s Largest City In Water Crisis [49]

"For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people."

Climate Change [5]
Water & Oceans [15]
Public [26]
Africa [50]
Source: AP [51], 03/25/2024
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California Effort To Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Is Now In Limbo [52]

"Over the past 20 years, Victor Ramirez has worked in warehouse after warehouse across southern California. And in almost all of them, he's felt painful, unbearable, oppressive heat. A few years ago, he fainted on the job."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [39]
Environmental Health [53]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [16]
California [54]
Source: NPR [55], 03/25/2024
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Warm, Dry Spring Has US Forecasters Worried About Upcoming Wildfire Season [56]

"Most of the United States is expected to see warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, federal forecasters say, with dry conditions likely in the West. That's raising concerns about wildfires, especially in parts of the Southwest, Great Plains, and the Upper Mississippi River Valley, said Jon Gottschalck, operations branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [39]
Public [26]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NPR [57], 03/25/2024
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