'Perfect storm' threatens $280bn of gas projects, study finds

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Carbon Tracker says cheaper green technologies and falling demand will leave billions of planned LNG projects shelved

Over $280bn of possible liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects are likely to be left ‘uneconomic' if the world acts to limit dangerous global warming, researchers will say today. While the world can afford...

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