For over half a century, Japan has been a constant and sizable buyer of LNG, and its government, banks and energy companies have played a key role in continued investment in related infrastructure, including along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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The LNG build-out on the Gulf Coast — in the hydrocarbon heartland of the U.S. — could harm communities that have already suffered the brunt of decades of oil and gas development.
Roishetta Ozane, founder of the Vessel Project of Louisiana, a disaster relief and environmental justice organization, and finance coordinator with the Texas Campaign for the Environment, lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She points to vacant grasslands next to giant petrochemical complexes cordoned off for potential future use. A mother of six, she affirms that her children have suffered from ailments ranging from eczema to seizures because of long-term exposure to industrial pollution.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
The Japan Times, 11/08/24
Featured image: Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana © Mara Budgen
