Intervention and Protest of Public Citizen, Inc. Motion to Intervene

For scenarios for LNG that is transported by more modern tankers, the single largest source of emissions in the full lifecycle are those from the production, processing, storage, and transport of the natural gas that comprises the feedstock for LNG. [...] Included are emissions of carbon dioxide and methane at each step along the supply chain, including those associated with the production, processing, storage, and transport of the natural gas that is the feedstock for LNG (referred to as upstream and midstream emissions), emissions from the energy used to power the liquefaction of natural gas to LNG, emissions from the energy consumed in transport. [...] Emissions are separated into the upstream plus midstream emissions, those from liquefaction of gas into LNG, emissions from the tankers (including from loading and unloading), emissions associated with the final transmission to consumers, and emissions as the gas is burned by the final consumer. [...] The shortest distance represents a voyage from the Gulf of Mexico loading port to the United Kingdom, while the longest distance is for a voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to Shanghai, China, not going through the Panama Canal. [...] And the rate of global warming over the next few decades is critical, with the rate of warming important in the context of potential tipping points in the climate system (Ritchie et al.