Thread by @RebekahGShirley

So just to clarify, the US big launched a voluntary carbon market scheme to dissuade Global South countries from developing FF capacities, while quiet launching a bilateral partnership "aimed at sustaining a higher level of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Britain"...?🤔1/n

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1600355786777104384

In fact "the US is set to become the world's biggest LNG exporter in 2022, surpassing Qatar & Australia, and may hold that title for years to come." DYN the U.S. only became an LNG export player fairly recently, expanding v sharply in the past 7 yrs? 2/n

reuters.com/business/energ…

I know this because the U.S. used to be the largest importer of LNG from my own country #TrinidadandTobago. In the mid 2000s the U.S. began developing LNG capacity for domestic use. Imports peaked in 2007, declining every year after that. It then turned attn to export markets 3/n

So this is actually a fairly young sector. According to SEI, the largest increases in annual gas production are projected to occur in the US... TX & LA will probably see 3 new production projects in the next year alone, according to RBN Energy. 4/n

sei.org/publications/t….

So where does the idea of the U.S. as an established LNG export incumbent come from? Somehow it seems that actively growing new export production capacity is not risky for the U.S. but is risky for others? Can someone explain? Or is this a clever way to secure market capture? 5/n

I've dedicated my career to advancing clean energy, so please, I’m a big proponent of low-emitter countries designing the cleanest, most ambitious development paths we can while heavy emitters who’ve gobbled up the global carbon budget find ways to partner fairly on finance. 6/n

What I struggle with is how much two-toned climate “leadership”, greenwashing, and cooption of genuine climate narratives hard-won by communities on the front lines, don't help. When will we dialogue frankly about these issues? Can someone explain what I’m missing? Thank you! 7/7