Re: “Puget Sound Energy cancels liquid natural gas plant expansion in Tacoma” [Jan. 24, Local News]:
Thanks, Puget Sound Vitality! We in Western Washington can breathe simpler now that methane growth in Tacoma has stopped. The Puyallup Tribe has received its battle towards the enlargement of PSE’s liquefied pure fuel terminal on the Tacoma waterway. The tribe and plenty of others involved about poisonous methane from LNG amenities had expressed vocal opposition since 2019 concerning the Tacoma waterfront growth.
Methane known as “pure” fuel, an oxymoron on condition that it’s a potent greenhouse fuel dangerous to human well being and to the ambiance. There’s analysis exhibiting that folks on this nation typically misunderstand that LNG is way much less dangerous than fuel or oil. Nonetheless, it spews poisonous methane into the ambiance throughout its manufacturing, pipeline transport and use in residence home equipment.
In the meantime, the U.S. Division of Vitality has paused its approvals for an enormous LNG export advanced on the Gulf Coast, responding to citizen and scientific opposition. Let’s be certain that President Joe Biden is aware of that there’s no place for LNG in our future.
Let’s breathe a sigh of reduction — and of cleaner air.
Deborah Stewart, Seattle
