Keystone Environmentalist Targets LNG, Venture Global’s CP2 (1)

Environmentalist Bill McKibben, who galvanized public efforts to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, is now pushing to do the same thing to stop construction of huge liquefied natural gas export terminals along the US Gulf Coast.

McKibben is calling for a ban on approving any new LNG export projects and pressing energy regulators to reject any LNG permitting currently under consideration.

The climate activist spoke out against Venture Global Inc.’s proposed CP2 project in Louisiana in a virtual press conference on Tuesday. McKibben compared the estimated greenhouse gas emissions from CP2 as 20 times that of the ...