Port Arthur LNG is a partner of Lamar University’s Teaching Environmental Science (TES), an educational program in Southeast Texas that provides current and future teachers with the tools they need to better inform their students on environmental safety and conservation.
TES, a field-based, graduate level institute program, introduces Southeast Texas’ teachers to environmental issues and solutions through first-hand experiences. Program topics include industrial, agricultural and domestic wastes and emissions with a focus on industry efforts to lessen its impact on the local environment including the creation of wetlands in Southeast Texas.
“As a company committed to environmental stewardship, partnerships with educational institutions like Lamar University and its TES program are important to the overall success of Port Arthur LNG,” said Jim Thompson, permitting and compliance manager for Sempra LNG. “We greatly value those – especially teachers – who can inspire new ideas that make a positive impact on the environment through innovation.”
TES is a partner with the Texas Regional Science Collaborative Program and is co-mentored by the Department of Earth & Space Sciences at Lamar University and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
Port Arthur LNG is a proposed two-train liquefaction facility, three tanks and associated facilities that will have the potential to export 11 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of North American LNG to America’s trading partners around the world.
Sempra LNG and Port Arthur LNG contribute to community programs focused on health, safety, environment, education and economic development and has been a sponsor of the TES program since 2000.
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