U.S. LNG As an International Solution to Climate Change—Obstacles and Alternatives

Abstract

In my May, 2024 column, The Biden Administration's LNG Pause: Impacts and Long-term Implications,¹ I discussed at the conclusion how important U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) could be as a tool to address climate change outside of North America. Figure 1, which was included in that column, illustrates how dramatically greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from energy have increased in Asia during a period when those in North America have been flat to declining. Thus, I suggested that making the export of LNG to China and India in particular, if it would displace coal in power generation, could and should be a pillar of U.S. energy policy.