Leah Stokes: President Biden paused approval on new gas export terminals. It's another excellent decision. Yet pundits and politicians are saying it's "bad" particularly for "national security." This is BS. Let's debunk these critiques with some good, old-fashioned FACTS. THREAD! 🧵🔥🧵

President Biden paused approval on new gas export terminals. It's another excellent decision. Yet pundits and politicians are saying it's "bad" particularly for "national security." This is BS. Let's debunk these critiques with some good, old-fashioned FACTS. THREAD! 🧵🔥🧵

FACT: The LNG pause only applies to permits for 17 *proposed* facilities. FACT: The US is the largest gas exporter in the world. And there are a huge amount of other gas projects already being constructed. That's already too much gas! www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

FACT: Europe does not need more gas. Heat pumps are selling like hotcakes, with France, Italy, and Poland leading the market, cutting into gas demand.

Heat pumps are hot property in Europe. Does Britain have cold feet?www.theguardian.com In France, they outsold fossil fuel boilers last year, with rapid progress in Poland, Germany, Italy and the Nordic countries. In the UK, muddled policy is blamed for a slow rate of installation

FACT: Even in Germany and the Netherlands — the two countries that have built the most capacity to import gas since the war in Ukraine began — heat pump sales are at an all time high. Don't believe it? Here's the data. It's in GERMAN so you know it's REAL.

FACT: Some of the gas Europe is importing goes to... MAKING PLASTIC. You heard that right, folks. We do not need to poison American communities so Europe can make more plastic.

Europe’s plastics industry is about to boom. U.S. fracking is driving it.www.nationalgeographic.com Even as the European Union rolls out aggressive plans for reducing plastic waste, countries are importing cheap ethane gas to fuel their plastics industries.

FACT: President Biden is a climate leader. He is making the right decision on gas export terminals to protect Americans from pollution. Oh and Trump? He wants to be a “dictator” on day one to “drill, drill, drill.” That guy's an arsonist.

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg....

Solar and wind to lead growth of U.S. power generation for the next two years - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)www.eia.gov

Fact: Europe's gas storage is at a record level for this time of year. They don't need more gas. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Europe’s swollen gas stocks drive prices lowerwww.reuters.com Northwest Europe is roughly two-thirds of the way through the heating season, with a record volume of gas in storage for the time of year, which is putting downward pressure on gas prices.

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