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nation starts april fools on dw, the more than 40 countries depend on the us for liquefied natural gas, l n, g for short. so when fine and recently announce that he was putting a freeze on certain future elegy exports coming from the us. it caused a bit of a stir. it was a mistake, i think was the right decision. we went to louisiana, we're the nation soon to be biggest l n g terminal has been effected by the move into germany, which is now dependent on us l. n. g. what's the impact of biden's decision? we did deep to find out in this episode of transforming business to let start in louisiana. the small parish of cameron is nestled between 4 separate wildlife

refuges and the gulf of mexico. the areas home to 5000 people as wells, hundreds of species of birds, reptiles, and other fonda, and flora. it's also home to 3, l. n. g terminals. right next to me here. you see that your global there on the other side of the couch, she river cameron, resident john, a lair can see and smell them from his property. john is a retired environmental engineer. he's lived here for 25 years. they want to take this whole area over off of my property. now they're not allowed to be on my property, but right next door, it's very similar. visible from john's property is the proposed future location of a 4th, the terminal count because you to or c p to for sure to see the 2 will be the biggest elegy export terminal in the us with a capacity to export $24000000.00 tons of the fossil fuel per year,

that's according to its owner, venture global. it's one of 17 future l. n. g projects that now face uncertain future. due to biden's decision, which pauses approvals for pending and future applications to export l. n g to countries that have a free trade agreement with the us back to this later elegy provides heating and electricity to millions of people around the world. the us started exporting it less than 10 years ago. last year, it shipped out 86000000 tons of it, an amount it expects to double in the next 3 years. the u. s. is the world's top ex border. delivering gas to these countries. germany is one of them. it boosted elegy in ports after russia's invasion of ukraine, which we'll talk about in a moment. but 1st, what's behind biden's decision? there are a few hypotheses. a big one is that environmental activist put pressure on the by

the administration. and it's decision the white house called climate change, the existential threat of our time, l. n. g is a fossil fuels which emits greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. and which the us has pledged to move away from bite and says he also wants to protect communities living near export facilities like cameron parish. we're john a lair lives which is dealing with the environmental impacts of elegy production, light pollution, and landra, roche. and but this is their clay that are roading away from the old sneer that used to be down here. again, this was fully 3 elegy infrastructure has left a mark on the land, this muddy beach and used to be a sandy one before venture global drugs. the river to make space for elegy tankers, docking in the marina. 8000 kilometers from louisiana on the german island of grogan. ellen g is a hot topic to,

according to s and p global. 82 percent of its liquefied natural gas comes from the us. the european nation now has 3 fully operational import terminals and the 4th has just received its 1st tanker here. opinions on the who again are mixed. i, my allergies are to build all these terminals from the ground at once. i think is the wrong decision for the future. are we over? um, i have nothing against it. we obviously need a little bit of gas wherever it comes from. half of it doesn't come out of the ground on its own. in germany, we don't have any gas despite fierce opposition from organizations and residents and vince, a small town on the baltic coast, the german government went ahead with plans to build the ellen g terminal. its construction and the 3 others, like it were fast tracked after russia invaded ukraine. germany was keen to reduce its heavy reliance on russian energy building, elegy, re gas,

if occasion terminals allowed or to process exports coming from other sources. like the u. s, which some residents and taurus to your question is gilbert jasmine. i believe that we don't need the l n g terminals. that's also the opinion of some economists because of that. i think they shouldn't build them here. so and so it, germany's federal government acknowledges this economic minister, robert had, it says additional terminals will provide germany would more than it needs. but that this surplus is what will keep the country safe in the event of sabotage, just some of its energy infrastructure. in germany also sees natural gas is a transition fuel to move away from other higher emitting fossil fuels like coal and oil. and as an important backup for when wind and solar farms don't produce enough electricity. but this is also central to another reason why critics oppose biden's move. they argue that as a transition fuel l. n. g is key for important nations in the process of vamping up

renewable energy efforts. flashing supplies doesn't create more demand or capacity of renewables. brenda schafer is an energy expert at the us naval postgraduate school. and so for all the, you know, sort of so called environmental activists of thought they had a big wind here. they're actually bringing to higher demand for coal and fuel oil. but some experts say l n g brings its own baggage, 80 percent of natural gas, and the us comes from fracking. a process that relies on force and chemicals under ground. using high pressure. fracking has been linked to contaminated groundwater increase. these make activity and the release of methane upholden greenhouse gas. it's more than a 100 times more powerful than carbon dioxide to the time it's in the atmosphere. robert howard is an earth system scientist and professor at cornell university. my research suggests that at least a 3rd of that,

maybe half of that total global increase is methane emissions from practice fuel gas in the united states. one of howard's recent studies asserts that natural gas might actually be dirtier than cold. consider all the energy it takes to drill wells, practice shell, rock liquefied, the gas, and transport it via massive tankers, which are often old and efficient. it was easy to add it all up and for elegy under the best case scenario can using conservative assumptions on emissions from shell gas. and using the best most modern tankers allergies are 25 percent larger footprint. then cool overall for greenhouse gas emissions. despite the environmental concerns about elegy, some experts believe biden is making a political play aimed at a certain demographic ahead of the 2024 presidential election. this was sort of that i think was, was, was trying to appeal to these younger voters that for them,

you know, fossil fuels are evil and, and they're very concerned about about the role of fossil fuels and in, in, in climate change. even some of biden's fellow democrats are too thrilled with a decision worrying and will eliminate us jobs and stunts domestic economic growth . it is in america, the underpinning of our manufacturing renaissance. mary landry was louisiana's democratic senator for 18 years. she's now and energy consultant to advisors center global owner of the c p to terminal natural gas is radical. to helping us build our steel and see men and ai facilities, data facilities. you know, car companies check companies. let's go back to the impact of the freeze. finance move does not threaten current supplies to countries like germany. but while it

remains in place, only countries with the free trade agreement, like those marked here in orange, will be able to benefit from supply increases that doesn't include europe, which got half of its elegy gas from the us last year. although even back in 2022 analyst agreed that the us l. n g industry had the capacity to boost supply to europe until 2030 without building any new in for strong. sure. so what's the impact of biden's elegy? pause? well, it's put a spotlight on the debate about the role l. n g should play in our future. a debate were politicians, the energy industry economists and climate scientists have different points of view . germany may not need more elegy but wants it as insurance for its energy, security and as transition fuel. and those concerned about its impact on climate change and the environment say it isn't worth it. it locks countries into a dependency on a fossil fuel, which could be even dirtier than it's purported to be potentially for decades. us

projects that have already been approved won't be impacted by biden's decision, which is a temporary pause, not a band. and even with the freeze, the us will still be able to triple its exports in the next 5 to 7 years. what do you think is temporarily limiting elegy expansion the right move or not? does it even make much of a difference? let us know in the comments the the,

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