[rad-green] Physicians for Social Responsibility Releas es Report on “Climate and Health Risks of Liquified Nat ural Gas”

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/26/physicians-social-responsibility-releases-report-climate-and-health-risks

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Organization Profile:
Physicians for Social Responsibility
<https://www.commondreams.org/organization/physicians-social-responsibility>
Contact:

Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH 443-525-8774
Barbara Gottlieb 202-587-5225



Physicians for Social Responsibility Releases Report on “Climate and Health
Risks of Liquified Natural Gas”

WASHINGTON - In the face of the Trump administration’s efforts to promote
the use and export of fracked or so-called “natural” gas, Physicians for
Social Responsibility (PSR) has released a white paper detailing the ways
that gas processed for export endangers human health and lives.

Just a week after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave the green
light to new LNG export facilities, PSR issued “Climate and Health Risks of
Liquified Natural Gas
<https://www.psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/LNG-WHITE-PAPER-11262019.pdf>.”
The report examines the entire life cycle of LNG and documents such threats
as contamination arising from the extraction process; leaks of methane and
hazardous air toxics from wells and pipelines; pollution resulting from the
liquefaction process itself, and risks of fire and explosion.

The white paper also voices concern for environmental justice.  Many LNG
export facilities are located in areas already plagued by dangerous levels
of pollution from energy and industrial facilities, often in or adjacent to
low-income communities or communities of color.

“With LNG projects, we are locking ourselves into fossil fuel
infrastructure that will heat up our planet and impose a human health
cost,” stated Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH, lead author of the report and a
member of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

“Our current climate crisis is a health emergency,” she added. “The actions
we take now by extracting, transporting and liquefying fracked gas will
determine the health of generations to come.  It is unconscionable that we
continue to subject our communities to these risks when we have the
technology to make a just transition to renewable energy.

“We have a unique opportunity to shape a world that is healthy and
equitable by moving away from fossil fuels.”

Dr. Surapaneni is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota in
the general internal medicine department.

The 10-page report is based on scientific sources and is thoroughly
footnoted. The report was coauthored by Zachary Morse and is part of PSR’s
series of reports on the health threats associated with the use of fossil
fuels.

Read the full report *here*.
<https://www.psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/LNG-WHITE-PAPER-11262019.pdf>

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