LNG is Unhealthy
PERMIT TO KILL: Potential Health and Economic Impacts from U.S. LNG Export Terminal Permitted Emissions
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals are permitted to emit levels of air pollution that cause serious health harms for people living in the region where the terminals are built. Air pollution from currently operating LNG export terminals is estimated to cause 60 premature deaths and $957 million in total health costs per year. If all the planned LNG terminals and expansion projects are built, those numbers would increase to 149 premature deaths and $2.33 billion in health costs per year.
LNG is Dirty
The greenhouse gas footprint of LNG exported from the United States
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the United States have risen dramatically since the LNG-export ban was lifted in 2016, and the United States is now the world's largest exporter. This LNG is produced largely from shale gas. Production of shale gas, as well as liquefaction to make LNG and LNG transport by tanker, is energy-intensive, which contributes significantly to the LNG greenhouse gas footprint. The production and transport of shale gas emits a substantial amount of methane as well, and liquefaction and tanker transport of LNG can further increase methane emissions. Consequently, carbon dioxide (CO2) from end-use combustion of LNG contributes only 34% of the total LNG greenhouse gas footprint, when CO2 and methane are compared over 20 years global warming potential (GWP20) following emission.
LNG is Inefficient
Gas Export Spotlight: Venture Global’s Operational Failures & the Impacts on Fishermen
The fishermen of Cameron Parish are under threat from the gas export industry. No company poses a greater danger than Venture Global, which has an application pending for a second facility in Cameron Parish even as its first one, Calcasieu Pass, continues its disastrous operations. According to its own reports, Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass (CP) had over 2,000 permit violations in its first year of operation. It also destroyed a public boat launch on Davis Road, blocking crucial water access for local fishermen.
Speed Over Safety Gas Export Spotlight: Venture Global Calcasieu Pass Facility Accidents
There are operational problems at Calcasieu Pass (CP), as demonstrated by its near constant flaring. Venture Global is under-reporting accidents at Calcasieu Pass. There are consistent miscalculations of releases from the facility. The Calcasieu Pass facility is violating state regulations. LDEQ is not enforcing permits, but is instead increasing them to meet the needs of gas export companies. The LDEQ continues to issue facility air and water discharge permits but is not enforcing the permit conditions.
LNG is Harming Communities
No More Sacrifice Zones
Summary of Risks for Financial Institutions According to the United Nations, “a sacrifice zone can be understood to be a place where residents suffer devastating physical and mental health consequences and human rights violations as a result of living in pollution hotspots and heavily contaminated areas.”1 The communities of Southwest Louisiana have carried the health and economic impacts of oil refineries and the petrochemical industries for decades.2 These communities and the broader Gulf South deserve clean air, clean water, prosperous economic opportunities and safe neighborhoods. This region is inundated with the current operations and over 20 proposed expansion projects for LNG/methane export terminals.
Due to the threat of environmental and health risks from US fracking gas: German Environmental Aid files complaints against SEFE and EnBW with the BAFA (Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control).
DUH accuses companies of disregarding due diligence obligations under the German Supply Chain Act – measures demanded a year ago have not been implemented as far as can be seen. Contracts between SEFE and EnBW for the supply of fracked gas from a US LNG export terminal are linked to harmful emissions, health risks for residents, and damage to local fisheries. The Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) must now enforce legal requirements against energy companies SEFE and EnBW.
Human rights abuses associated with Allianz’s business relationship with Venture Global
Dear Allianz SE, We wish to formally express our profound concerns regarding the ongoing infringements of Allianz’s Human Rights and Sustainability Policies and the attendant financial and reputational risks arising from business dealings with your client, Venture Global, specifically in relation to the Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal and its associated CP2 LNG terminal, currently under construction.
LNG is Harming Ecosystems
An Assessment of Environmental and Social Impacts of LNG Carriers
The world’s oceans host some of the planet’s most biologically diverse and culturally significant ecosystems, many of which are formally recognized under international conservation frameworks, including UNESCO World Heritage and Marine Protected Areas. At the same time, these marine spaces are increasingly intersected by global energy transport routes. This report examines Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers as a largely unassessed component of this interaction. Drawing on scientific literature, vessel-tracking data, and international case studies, it analyzes how LNG carrier operations-through emissions, underwater noise, ballast water discharge, and concentrated trafficcreate cumulative environmental and social impacts that remain outside conventional assessment frameworks.
What is Stressing our Seafood? A Literature Review
Human caused stressors on shrimp & oyster fisheries in the Calcasieu-Sabine Basin. Implications for monitoring and management.
This review examines human-caused stressors affecting shrimp and oyster fisheries in the Calcasieu-Sabine Basin. The region’s historic health is currently threatened by coastal land loss, sea-level rise, altered hydrology, hurricanes, and heavy industrial development, such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals.Key Stressors and Their Impacts
CALCASIEU RIVER: America’s Most Endagered Rivers 2025
For centuries, the Calcasieu River has been the lifeblood of southwestern Louisiana, sustaining local communities, abundant wildlife, and thriving ecosystems. It is home to Pinky, the beloved pink dolphin, and is a place of deep connection for generations of people. But a history of chemical mismanagement and continued unregulated dumping of toxic chemicals poses an existential threat to the river’s future. The Environmental Protection Agency must update outdated federal pollution control technology standards for chemical plants, plastics manufacturers, and refineries operating along the river.