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The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security held a hearing on Tuesday to challenge Joe Biden’s so-called pause on new LNG permits to non-free-trade partners as it “studies the impacts,” including on climate change, of LNG use. Republicans blasted the Bidenistas for the havoc they have created with the announcement. Democrats on the subcommittee defended Biden’s pause (go figure), arguing now is the time to reevaluate new LNG exports. The Dems are oblivious to the tangible harm this pause is causing (see The True Impact of DOE’s Pause in LNG Export Licenses).
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Politicians on Capitol Hill aren’t the only people taking aim at Joe Biden’s pause on LNG export approvals (see today’s companion story, Repubs Attack, Dems Defend Biden LNG Pause at House Hearing). Some 23 “red” state Attorneys General wrote a letter to President Biden and the nutty Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, to inform them that this LNG approvals pause violates federal law. The not-so-subtle threat is that unless Biden “changes course” and reverses the pause, he’s facing a lawsuit by half of the states in the country.
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The pressure on Joe Biden to renounce his so-called pause on approving new LNG export projects is growing white-hot intense. On Friday, Jan. 26, Biden announced he has put “a temporary pause on pending decisions of Liquefied Natural Gas exports” (see White House Makes it Official – Biden Declares War on LNG Exports). The reason? The so-called “climate crisis” is “the existential threat of our time.” Which connotes that LNG is, at least in part, causing a climate crisis (a crisis that doesn’t exist). We’ve told you about the very real negative impacts of Biden’s LNG approval pause (see The True Impact of DOE’s Pause in LNG Export Licenses). We can tell you, the pressure is coming from everybody, those on the right and those on the left, for Biden to roll back the LNG pause.
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There is a mountain of controversy over Biden’s pause on approving new LNG export permits to non-free-trade countries (see our story today, Intense Pressure on Biden from All Sides to End LNG Approval Pause). Even though the Dept. of Energy (DOE) has said it will not issue any new export permits for the next year for the 17 projects currently in the pipeline that have requested such permits (while it conducts a so-called review), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will likely continue to work on those projects.
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Congressional Republicans are turning up the heat WAY up on the Biden administration’s decision to pause natural gas export approvals. Last Friday, Joementia announced he would “pause” any approvals for new LNG export plants (currently 17 requests in the pipeline) for at least one year while his people fart around pretending to figure out how to measure global warming as a new consideration for whether or not to approve a project (see White House Makes it Official – Biden Declares War on LNG Exports). Enough! Republicans are taking multiple actions to counteract Biden’s LNG policy change, including a new bill in the Senate to remove the authority to approve these projects from the Dept. of Energy (which is a puppet of the White House) and hand it to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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Last Friday, Joementia announced a one-year “pause” on any approvals for new LNG export plants (currently 17 requests in the pipeline) for at least one year while his people pretend to figure out how to measure global warming as a new consideration for whether or not to approve a project (see White House Makes it Official – Biden Declares War on LNG Exports). What does the Biden pause actually mean for those 17 projects and other tangential projects? It creates chaos and harm, actual harm, for a number of those projects. The analysts at RBN break it down so we know which projects are most likely to be affected negatively and how.
Read More “The True Impact of DOE’s Pause in LNG Export Licenses”