DOE Pursues Global Standard To Assess LNG Climate Impact

E&E News - Energywire

March 8, 2023

The Biden administration is working with foreign countries and the fossil fuel industry to set a global standard for assessing the climate change impacts of liquefied natural gas shipments, a top Energy Department official said Tuesday.

“We have been engaging with governments in Europe — also in the [Persian] Gulf and with our East Asian allies — talking about the need for a common framework for how we measure the greenhouse gas intensity of natural gas across the whole supply chain,” Brad Crabtree, assistant secretary in DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, said in an interview.

Crabtree, who spoke on the sidelines of the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference, is helping to spearhead that international collaboration, alongside Biden administration officials in the State Department and EPA.