{"id":407116,"date":"2025-10-08T18:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=407116"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:59:50","slug":"european-union-think-they-can-regulate-us-og-lng-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=407116","title":{"rendered":"European Union Think They Can Regulate US O&G, LNG Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Energy in Energy Depth<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Nicole Jacobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Europeans have tried to regulate the U.S. oil and gas industry for more than a year (see\u00a0Europeans Presume to Impose Their Regulations on American Gas<\/a>). You probably know what we think of that. They are doing it again.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Union is moving forward with several climate regulations that reach across borders and penalize American energy companies, particularly LNG exporters. Chief among these incoming climate regulations is the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, or \u201cCS3D<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American policymakers ranging from state attorneys general<\/a> to cabinet secretaries<\/a> are ringing the alarm over CS3D\u2019s threat to energy security, American sovereignty, and economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some key things to be aware of with respect to CS3D:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Bureaucratic Behemoth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CS3D creates costly burdens for companies doing business in Europe by mandating<\/a> adherence to the EU\u2019s aggressive climate policies and stringent labor standards, including requiring companies to establish and implement Paris-aligned net zero goals across scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it was adopted by bureaucrats in Brussels, CS3D will reach well beyond the EU\u2019s borders and impose<\/a> stringent due diligence requirements on nearly 17,000 businesses around the world. This includes<\/a> roughly 3,000 large U.S. companies that meet headcount and revenue thresholds in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law even goes as far as to require companies to vet the environmental and labor standards of their suppliers and subcontractors, who are oftentimes small and medium-sized businesses, no matter where they are located around the globe. As Reuters<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe directive places new requirements on companies to fully audit \u2018upstream\u2019 partners in design or manufacture, and \u2018downstream\u2019 partners who transport, store and distribute products.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This means that an American natural gas company exporting LNG to Europe would have to comply with CS3D. Even an American oilfield services company that has no presence in Europe but does business with a large multinational corporation may face ESG \u201cdue diligence\u201d requests due to its position it the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President of the Council of the European Union estimated<\/a> compliance would cost companies up to $2.7 million annually. Failure to comply could lead to fines of up to 5 percent<\/a> of a company\u2019s annual global revenue, or land American businesses in European courts, as the directive allows private parties (like ENGOs) to sue<\/a> for suspected noncompliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

International Impacts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CS3D deeply threatens the operations of the American energy industry, heavily impedes<\/a> on the notion of sovereignty, and threatens to bring American businesses down with the ship as Europe faces widespread deindustrialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countless American energy companies would be forced to comply with CS3D, as the United States is the leading<\/a> exporter of energy to the EU. The United States has provided 55 percent of Europe\u2019s LNG supply this year and provided 17 percent of all EU oil imports last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some companies have threatened to withdraw from doing business in Europe altogether. Major LNG supplier Qatar Energy warned the European Union that it would cease exports<\/a> to the EU rather than risk large penalties and lawsuits for suspected noncompliance, and with the clock ticking down on Europe\u2019s planned 2027 Russian gas exit, it can\u2019t afford to lose additional energy suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

America\u2019s Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, leaders in Washington and across the country are standing up to Brussels\u2019s incursion in American sovereignty. Just last week, over 20 Republican state attorneys general penned<\/a> a letter to President Trump, urging him to push back on CS3D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While President Trump has yet to comment on the CS3D, major officials in his cabinet have recently taken aim at the directive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warned<\/a> that CS3D is \u201ca significant burden on American corporations,\u201d Secretary of Energy Chris Wright labeled<\/a> the directive a non-tariff barrier that is \u201cproblematic for growing energy into Europe,\u201d and SEC Chair Paul Atkins argued<\/a> in the Financial Times <\/em>that CS3D and its partner regulations \u201crisk imposing costs that fall on American investors and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Capitol Hill, Banking and Finance Committee heads Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Rep. French Hill (R-AR) authored an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, taking aim at CS3D<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEuropean leaders may choose to self-immolate their economies on the altar of climate and social justice, but Americans shouldn\u2019t be dragged along without a say.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) turned his words into action by introducing the PROTECT USA Act of 2025<\/em> (S. 985<\/a>), which would prohibit American companies in critical industries, including energy, from being forced to comply with any foreign sustainability due diligence regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom line: <\/strong>Europe\u2019s energy security and industrial base is already at risk as it fails to keep pace<\/a> with other major economies. America\u2019s economy is booming\u2014we should not let the EU drag us down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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