![]() Though fracking is banned across much of Europe due to its environmental impact, including the use of chemicals that contaminate groundwater, the EU has been happy to source fracked gas from the US. "Building new import terminals would mean locking in fossil gas imports for years to come, long after the EU needs to quit this climate-wrecking fuel for good."Ĭoncerns are also growing about the immediate climate impacts of LNG fracked from shale deposits deep under the ground. " agreement puts the EU and the US on a misguided and dangerous path by fast-tracking new infrastructure to import fossil gas into Europe," said Murray Worthy, gas campaign leader at the environment NGO Global Witness. But activists fear that substituting Russian gas with LNG will not only fail to ensure energy security it will also threaten longer-term climate goals. This is only about one-third of the gas that Germany alone piped in from Russia in 2022. ![]() "We think that we can switch to another vehicle, but we are still driving towards the abyss," said Andy Gheorghiu, a Germany-based anti-gas and -fracking campaigner, after US President Joe Biden and EU head Ursula von der Leyen announced a gas deal to reduce the European Union's dependence on Russian energy.Īn extra 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG) - sourced largely from hydraulic fracking wells that have mushroomed across the United States - will now land on Europe's shores from across the Atlantic this year.
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