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Liquefied natural gas

Small Gulf Coast communities pay the price of booming LNG exports

The U.S. is now the world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas, a superlative that carries a heavy cost for towns across southern Louisiana.

Lylla Younes, Jake Bittle  . 

A very large industrial complex is seen on the distant shore of a lake. The sky is gloomy and gray
Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (The Washington Post/Getty Images)

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