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American Exports of Liquefied Natural Gas Are Critical to Global Emissions Reductions
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USING AMERICAN "LIQUEFIED NATURAL-GAS" FOR ELECTRICITY-GENERATION IN CHINA, GERMANY, AND INDIA PRODUCES ABOUT HALF THE GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS AS COAL. THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM THE "AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE". THE GROUP SAYS THAT NATURAL GAS IS A FAR-CLEANER OPTION, AND THAT U-S "L-N-G"-EXPORTS CAN ACCELERATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS, ACROSS THE GLOBE--ESPECIALLY FOR THE MANY NATIONS THAT STILL RELY PRIMARILY ON COAL. THAT ENABLES CLEAN-ENERGY TRANSITIONS, TO BOTH REDUCE EMISSIONS AND ADDRESS THE RISKS OF CLIMATE-CHANGE. INDEED, AMERICA HAS ALREADY BENEFITED. THAT'S BECAUSE, SINCE 2005, THE PROPORTION OF ELECTRICITY-GENERATION THAT INVOLVES COAL HAS FALLEN BY HALF--WHILE THE PROPORTION THAT INVOLVES NATURAL GAS HAS DOUBLED. THIS HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO THE U-S REDUCING EMISSIONS IN THE POWER-SECTOR BY 25-PERCENT--OVER ROUGHLY THE PAST DECADE. LEARN MORE AT "A-P-I"-DOT-ORG.
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