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Rhiannon12866

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Sun Dec 17, 2023, 11:09 PM Dec 2023

After COP28 promise to phase out fossil fuel, will Biden pause massive new fossil fuel developments? - Velshi - MSNBC



After two weeks of meetings, the U.N.’s Climate Conference, COP28, concluded with a new international agreement called the UAE Consensus. The nearly 200 participating nations committed to “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.”

But the Biden Administration is poised to approve a massive fossil fuel project called CP2, a Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal in Louisiana. Environmentalist Bill McKibben says, “If we continue down this path and the industry gets everything that it has proposed – and so far they've gotten every permit they've asked for – then within 10 years, American exported LNG will be producing more greenhouse gasses than everything that happens on the continent of Europe.” - Aired on 12/17/2023.


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