Trump Pushes ‘Peace Pipelines’ to Boost Exports of Climate-Busting LNG to Europe

In the midst of a war in Iran and skyrocketing energy prices at home, the Trump administration is pushing to boost sales of U.S. liquefied natural gas across Central and Eastern Europe. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other U.S. officials announced this week that they had reached agreements aimed at boosting the construction of “Trump Peace Pipelines” across the region to facilitate more LNG exports. “President Trump is unleashing a new era of cooperation for Central and Eastern Europe,” Wright said in a news release. “These partnerships are rooted in our mutual support for an energy addition agenda—more jobs, more opportunity, and more investment.” The announcement came this week at the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, a gathering of 13 nations surrounding the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas. According to the Department of Energy, the United States now produces as much natural gas as Russia, China and Iran combined, while leading the world in LNG exports. The department said LNG exports are on track to “more than double” over the next decade. But that gas carries a steep environmental toll on many fronts. The gas comes primarily from fracking wells. It must be supercooled to -161 degrees Celsius