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The US and Qatar warned the EU that its corporate sustainability due diligence directive poses an “existential threat” to European economies and urged lawmakers to repeal or pare it back, arguing it would restrict LNG imports. At the same time, the Trump administration granted final export approval for Venture Global’s CP2 terminal in Louisiana, capable of shipping 3.96bn cubic feet of LNG a day by 2027. One analysis estimates CP2’s emissions at about 190m tons a year, akin to 54 coal plants. Despite a DOE finding that exports raise US energy prices, officials pressed ahead, drawing environmental outcry.

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