The liquefied natural gas industry will play at least as big a role as new coal investments in bringing on a climate crisis if all planned projects go ahead, according to US-based energy analysts and campaigners.
CoalSwarm executive director Ted Nace says most of the projects are in the pre-construction stage so there is still time for a moratorium on LNG infrastructure before we lock ourselves into even more irreversible climate damage.
Last year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated methane emissions need to be reduced by 35% per cent between 2010 and 2050 to meet the Paris goals, but a Nature study found existing fossil fuel infrastructure alone are almost certainly enough to push the world beyond 1.5C global heating.