China Briefing 20 August 2026: Oil and gas plan | Xi on climate change | Coal five-year plan
In this issue, Carbon Brief examines China’s five-year plan for coal.
Cold weather and outages at second-largest exporter Freeport LNG cut U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports last month below the December record, LSEG ship tracking data showed.
Soaring temperatures are forcing drastic measures in Europe, where heatwaves are straining an economy under pressure from higher energy prices due to the Iran war.
Cheniere Energy intensifies Capitol Hill lobbying on LNG exports amid tariffs and tax changes. Discover the industry's key policy priorities.
The 2026 cohort brought together reporters from a range of regional and independent outlets across the world.
Amid the surge in US gas demand coming from LNG exporters, there is a lack of equivalent new working gas storage capacity in the US.
CHRONIQUE. Les Etats-Unis vont bientôt contrôler environ un tiers des capacités mondiales de GNL, bien plus que le Qatar. Sous l’administration Trump, le GNL est devenu un outil de politique étrangère, écrit Anne-Sophie Corbeau, chercheuse au Center on Global Energy Policy de l’Université Columbia
The Iran crisis, whenever it ends, will materially change how the LNG market operates.