Groups demand US end talks on natural gas certification

The United States has held talks with energy companies and foreign officials on gas certification as it ships large amounts of liquefied natural gas or LNG to Europe to displace Russian gas amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. — Reuters

WASHINGTON: A group of nearly 150 environmental justice groups urged the Biden administration to abandon talks with global energy companies on standards for certified natural gas, a form of the fuel that producers market as climate friendly, but that critics say undermines the transition from fossil fuels.

The United States has held talks with energy companies and foreign officials on gas certification as it ships large amounts of liquefied natural gas or LNG to Europe to displace Russian gas amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.