LNG Makers Get Hint to Go Greener From U.S. Energy Secretary
- Biden Administration seeks to clean up natural gas production
- Carbon capture technology seen as path to cleaner natural gas
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The days of promoting liquefied natural gas as “freedom gas” or “molecules of freedom” have ended at the U.S. Department of Energy.
During a Friday visit to Houston, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration would rather promote and sell a cleaner version of the superchilled power plant fuel. The statement marks a policy shift from the Trump administration, which rolled back environmental regulations and heavily promoted U.S. LNG around the world.