Is LNG worse for the climate than coal?

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Is LNG worse for the climate than coal? - Financial Times

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The paper has generated a political firestorm since it was first published in draft form last year, as it challenges a core tenet of the rapid expansion of the global LNG industry: that displacing coal generation with gas is helping the world to decarbonise.

The paper, which reports that LNG generates more greenhouse gases than coal, has been published and peer reviewed, backing those opposed to the expansion of LNG export facilities in the US.

It also deviates from the results of a 2019 study commissioned by the US government, that determined the use of US LNG for power production in European and Asian markets would “not increase greenhouse gas emissions” from a life cycle perspective.“We have no problem at all with this [Howarth] study and other studies being factored into DOE’s overall evaluation.