FERC has backtracked on LNG, and commitments to environmental justice and climate action....
, but since then the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission continues approving fossil fuel projects with little to no regard for systemic injustices.
Last year at this time, FERC proposed rules and guidance requiring the commission to consider new gas projects’ effects on climate change and environmental justice. The effort barely lasted a month, as FERC named the American Petroleum Institute and Cheniere Energy to the roundtable. The fossil fuel industry has caused most of the environmental injustices in our country. True environmental justice would mean holding the industry accountable for treating our communities as “FERC refuses to acknowledge that our country is segregated and so is the fossil fuel industry’s bootprint. Race and class are tied to fossil fuel pollution, unequal protection and vulnerability.
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