Why New Liquified Natural Gas Infrastructure Is on Hold
The Biden administration is reviewing the impact of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports on climate change, which could result in a permanent pause on new LNG approvals.
The review will focus on the assumptions that gas is a clean fuel and that U.S. exports would replace other fossil fuels but not renewables, with experts criticizing the methodology used in DOE's current assertions. [ more ]
Biden administration can't pause consideration of natural gas export projects
The Biden administration's delay on LNG export projects has been put on hold by a Louisiana judge, impacting economic and environmental analyses. [ more ]
Why New Liquified Natural Gas Infrastructure Is on Hold
The Biden administration is reviewing the impact of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports on climate change, which could result in a permanent pause on new LNG approvals.
The review will focus on the assumptions that gas is a clean fuel and that U.S. exports would replace other fossil fuels but not renewables, with experts criticizing the methodology used in DOE's current assertions. [ more ]
Biden administration can't pause consideration of natural gas export projects
The Biden administration's delay on LNG export projects has been put on hold by a Louisiana judge, impacting economic and environmental analyses. [ more ]
Biden hits pause on natural gas projects amid thread of carbon mega bombs'
The Biden administration has paused all pending export permits for liquified natural gas (LNG) until updated criteria for approvals that consider the impact of climate change are developed.
The pause could potentially jeopardize the future of more than a dozen planned gas export terminals, with the potential to emit 3.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases. [ more ]