On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden took an aggressive step forward in his war on American energy by halting the permitting of new liquified natural gas export terminals.
The Biden administration blunting America's ability to participate on the world energy stage creates a vacuum that will undoubtedly be filled by the other major natural gas exporting countries-Russia, Qatar, and Iran-who are certainly not friends of the U.S. Bear in mind that the Department of Energy has never denied an LNG export application, for environmental reasons or otherwise, and rejected a petition to do so just six months ago.
President Biden could be pushing for more U.S. LNG exports, because the U.S. produces natural gas more responsibly and with fewer emissions than any LNG exporting country save Australia.
Despite the obvious fact that domestic gas has been a major driver of U.S. GHG emissions reductions and air quality improvements, the green cartels are trying to make the case that LNG exports will not do the same for other countries.
Serious questions surround the administration's legal authority to issue such an all-encompassing, job-killing freeze in energy exports.
This LNG export ban may be the most strong-armed, authoritative action against American energy producers taken by an administration that has become known for such transgressions.
By rolling back this executive action and ensuring the president cannot have unilateral control over vital energy production and exports, Congress would take a significant step to secure American energy leadership now and for years to come.
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