#20 YEARS DOWN N DIRRTY DRIVER#

#20 YEARS DOWN N DIRRTY DRIVER#

In a public statement the European Commission put out last week, it singled out energy imports as a major source of methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas that is a major driver of climate change, but which does not remain in atmosphere as long as carbon dioxide. An NSC official referred questions to the Energy Department, which did not immediately respond.įrance’s move comes as the European Union has embarked on what it calls its European Green Deal to combat climate change. A person with direct knowledge of the matter who was not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed the story in the French press but declined to comment further.Ī White House spokesperson referred questions to the National Security Council. Spokespeople for Engie in North America and the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery declined to comment.

“This would have been a massive contract that comes into conflict with what could be an energy transition in France,” Philippot added.

“But what is sure is the political, reputational risk around the validation of the contracts is one of the elements there. “It could still be signed in the coming weeks,” Philippot said. natural gas producers emit too much methane at the West Texas oil and gas fields that will supply gas to the NextDecade plant, said Lorette Philippot, head of private finance campaigns for French environmental group Les Amis de la Terre, a French affiliate of the green group Friends of the Earth that met with French government officials to oppose the deal. The French government, which is a part owner of Engie, stepped in to tell Engie’s board of directors to delay, if not outright cancel, any deal because of concerns that U.S.

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