By Paul Homewood
Europe’s growing reliance on liquefied natural gas (LNG) is coming at a high environmental cost, new research shows.
LNG imports have soared in the wake of the Ukraine war which has limited piped supplies from Russia.
Analysis, seen by the BBC, shows that the production and transport of LNG causes up to ten times the carbon emissions compared to pipeline gas.
There are worries that the extra carbon could hamper efforts to rein in warming.
World leaders will meet in Egypt next week for the COP27 climate conference, amid concern that the war in Ukraine has distracted efforts to cut carbon.
In the UK and Europe, worries over energy supplies have seen an unprecedented uptick in imports of LNG, a liquefied version of natural gas.
Data shows that LNG cargo import volumes were up 65% in the first nine months of this year compared to 2021.
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