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"‘Hubris’: LNG Plant Officials Saw Trouble Days Before Blast"

"For at least two days before a pipe exploded at its Texas gas export terminal, Freeport LNG had been trying to figure out what was wrong, records show. The June 8 blast forced the plant to close and took almost a fifth of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports offline."

Source: E&E News, 11/01/2022

"2/3 of US Money For Fossil Fuel Pours Into Africa Despite Climate Goals"

"Joe Biden will head to Egypt next week to tout America’s re-emergence as a leader on the climate crisis at the Cop27 talks. But he will be landing in a continent that the US continues to pour billions of dollars into for fossil fuel projects, with seemingly no end in sight despite the president’s promises."

Source: Guardian, 11/01/2022

Biden Warns of Windfall Tax To Stop Oil Company ‘War Profiteering’

"President Joe Biden escalated weeks of sharp warnings to energy producers on Monday by floating a so-called “windfall” tax on their corporate profits, calling out major gas companies for racking up gains from a spike in prices he attributes to Russia’s war in Ukraine."

Source: CNN, 11/01/2022

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