The Biden administration approved exports of liquefied natural gas from the Alaska LNG project, a document showed, as the United States competes with Russia to ship natural gas from the Arctic to Asia
The Department of Energy approved Alaska Gasline Development Corp's project to export gas to countries with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement.
The Alaska LNG project includes a liquefaction facility on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska and a proposed 807-mile pipeline to move gas stranded in northern Alaska across the state. The Biden administration modified the previous approval to prohibit venting of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide associated with the project into the atmosphere."Joe Biden’s climate presidency is flying off the rails," said Lukas Ross at Friends of the Earth.The Biden administration last month approved the ConocoPhillipsRussia plans to start at end-2023 the first of three lines at its Arctic LNG-2 project, which is among the world's largest LNG facilities.
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