Nicole Pollack

Reporter, Wisconsin State Journal · 1 appearance on the record.

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Nicole Pollack is a journalist covering energy regulation, climate policy, and urban development. She is known for her reporting on the climate impacts and politics of the U.S. liquefied natural gas export buildout, as well as prior coverage of energy and natural resources for Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune.

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Assertion Supported

The DOE bases LNG decisions on Trump-era environmental impact studies

“Today what we're seeing with the Biden administration is that even the impact studies that it's using, specifically that the DOE is using to inform its decisions, were Completed when Trump was in office and don't necessarily align with the data that we have to…”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 13:49 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

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Assertion Supported

The DOE bases LNG decisions on Trump-era environmental impact studies

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 13:49 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

Assertion Supported

Alaska LNG's lifetime carbon footprint would equal the entire US power sector

“One DOE analysis of Alaska LNG, which was re reaffirmed by the DOE pretty recently, showed that even if facilities that received that gas burned it using carbon capture, the carbon footprint over its lifetime would be something equivalent, like something on pa…”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 43:26 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

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DOE analyses consistently show LNG exports increase domestic natural gas prices

“The DOE itself has been studying the impacts, both economic and environmental, of LNG exports for over a decade now. And even have, like, setting aside the climate impacts These analyses have pretty consistently shown that entire time that increasing U.S. LNG …”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 40:12 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

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FERC has only ever initially rejected one LNG export proposal

“FERC has only ever rejected one LNG export proposal, the Jordan Cove project in Oregon because it didn't meet the commission standards, and notably Jordan Cove was never built, but that's not because of FERC. FERC ultimately did go back and approve the project…”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 28:04 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

Assertion Partly supported

Federal courts repeatedly rule FERC inadequately evaluates LNG climate impacts

“Federal courts keep on finding that FERC needs to evaluate these projects' climate and environmental justice impacts a lot more thoroughly than it has been.”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 28:45 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

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US domestic gas prices plummeted when the Freeport LNG terminal shut down

“Recently when Freeport LNG went offline because of a fire, and domestic prices actually fell a lot. And then when they extended that closure, prices fell again because there was too much LNG on the market because the entire market was kind of hinging on so muc…”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 40:53 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

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The US exports roughly 10 percent of its natural gas production

“About 10% of all of the natural gas produced in the U.S. Is exported, and any one of these facilities can process several percent of all of the consumer grade natural gas produced in the U.S. And ship it out around the world.”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 14:05 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

Assertion Supported

Most major US LNG buyers lack free trade agreements

“Most of the countries that are buying significant amounts of LNG from the United States Are not under a free trade agreement and are subject to DOE approval.”

Nicole Pollack Dec 18, 2023 ▶ 27:30 LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
LNG exports: America’s hidden ‘climate bomb’	Dec 18, 2023	12m

Nicole Pollack

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