The liquefied gas industry is fighting ahead of a key vote to weaken the EU's climate plans

DeSmog reports on "dozens of lobbying emails" that show liquefied gas companies are "positioning themselves as champions of rural communities in an attempt to weaken proposals to reduce the carbon emissions produced by heating European buildings". The article states that the European Parliament is due to vote next week on a revised version of the directive on the energy performance of buildings. But the law faces opposition from liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, who see the proposed boiler phase-out as an "existential threat to their $40 billion business," according to the website. He notes that they are "enforcing loopholes" in the Buildings Directive that would allow new gas boilers to continue to be sold as long as they are also able to run on "renewable" gases and hydrogen. The Guardian also reports on DeSmog's findings, noting that while the proposed phasing out of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive targets a different type of boiler than those using LPG, "the LPG industry sees any such phasing out as a potential threat to its future". . He notes that the industry thinks it could adapt much of its current infrastructure to switch from LPG to biofuels and hydrogen. Meanwhile, the analytical article in Guardian title: "Is hydrogen really a clean enough fuel to solve the climate crisis?"

Phoebe Cooke, DeSmog, "Carbon Brief"