Texas Explosion Shows Danger of Liquefied Natural Gas Industry, Activists Say

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An explosion at a major liquefied natural gas plant in Texas on Wednesday heightened fears of pollution and other impacts in nearby communities.

An explosion at a major liquefied natural gas plant in Texas on Wednesday heightened fears of pollution and other impacts in nearby communities — and served as the latest example of the threat the booming LNG industry poses to the climate.

“This is terrifying,” said Melanie Oldham, founder of Citizens for Clean Air and Clean Water in Brazoria County, where the Freeport LNG facility is located. “We’ve been afraid of a disaster happening ever since Freeport LNG started exporting gas. We shouldn’t have to live in fear just so gas executives like [company CEO] Michael Smith can get rich.”

Surveillance video footage posted to Facebook by Quintana Beach County Park appears to show the first moments of the explosion, which reportedly shook nearby buildings.The facility, one of the largest LNG export plants in the United States, is expected to shut down for at least three weeks in the wake of the explosion and fire, injecting further chaos into global energy markets already roiled by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

 

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Or some1 was just naughty to create a 'shortage' to increase LNG prices while creating an alibi that 'we can't deliver gas to Europe'? Was it 'Let Europe starve if they don't buy more hardware fm us' thing?

No. It’s Texas deregulation.

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