Biden White House Backs Away from Cornell Prof’s Sham LNG Study

From time to time, so-called experts will come out of the woodwork to proclaim that burning coal is better for the environment than burning natural gas. Cornell professors Robert Howarth and Anthony Ingraffea (Ingraffea is now retired) attempted to make that case back in 2011 (see New Cornell University Study Says Shale Gas Extraction Worse for Global Warming Than Coal). Their research was roundly refuted (laughed at) by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Carnegie Mellon University, and by a study done by a different group of Cornell professors (see New Cornell Study Says Coal is Not Cleaner than Natural Gas). Howarth is back with a new study that says burning coal is better than extracting and exporting LNG (he's kind of a Johnny One-Note with respect to coal and natgas). Except this time, Howarth released his "study" before it was vetted by peers, and the Bidenistas used it as justification to pause new LNG export approvals (see White House Makes it Official – Biden Declares War on LNG Exports).

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