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AMY WESTERVELT

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how zero-sum people tend to get about various messages in the climate space, how much people get caught up in cosplaying political strategist instead of just following their own moral compass. And I’ve been reflecting on times when I’ve been that way too, and when it was wrong. Or if not wrong, at least not very helpful.

I started thinking about this initially in the context of a story I’m working on about the massive LNG build-out in Baja, Mexico—driven by the LNG boom in the U.S., and permitted by the U.S. government because it’s U.S. gas (from the Permian, in Texas) that’s being piped to Mexico for export. One of the largest projects (Saguaro) is being developed on the coast of the Gulf of California, a world-renowned breeding grown for whales that’s often referred to as “the whale nursery.” So, sure, let’s throw some massive LNG tankers in there, what could go wrong?

Source: Out Now | Thought Leadership – CCS Policy, Legal and Regulatory Review

Most thoughtful commentators have determined that CCS is an effort by the fossil fuel industry to delay the phase out of the industry. I include this post for reference. This is not an endorsement of CCS.