U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) wrote a letter to the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, urging France to stop preventing a commercial agreement between a United States liquefied natural gas (LNG) company and French power company Engie. Reports suggest the French government delayed and possibly canceled the contract based on misplaced environmental concerns about natural gas coming from the United States.
“The United States has the ability to provide France with access to the cleanest and most efficient source of natural gas in the world,” wrote Senator Cramer. “Importing more U.S. LNG strengthens the U.S.-France trade relationship and provides France with significant environmental and geopolitical benefits.”
“If France’s true objective is to lower carbon emissions from energy imports while ensuring access to a reliable and secure energy source, then the choice is clear: U.S. LNG provides the country the best option compared to its alternatives,” concluded Senator Cramer. “I hope the French government will reconsider its decision to intervene in this matter and recognize the U.S. and France can together embrace a shared energy future that is — through natural gas — based on energy security, reliability, and lowering emissions globally.”
In the letter, Senator Cramer noted the significant amount of LNG the European Union (EU) imports from Russia. A 2019 U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Lab report found U.S. LNG has 41 percent less lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. Using these figures, global emissions would fall by roughly 72 million metric tons each year if these imports were replaced with U.S. LNG.
A similar letter was led in the House of Representatives by Garret Graves (R-LA) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX).
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