Federal Judge Rules Against Pause

Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Pause on USLNG Export Permits
A federal judge in Louisiana has put the DOE’s pause on natural gas export permits on hold. Judge James Cain of Louisiana granted a request for a stay from 16 red states that had challenged the pause, arguing it would harm their economies. Cain ruled that the DOE didn’t adequately justify why it needed a pause and failed to consider their concerns about the “impact on national security, state revenues, employment opportunities, funding for schools and charities, and pollution allegedly caused by increased reliance on foreign energy sources”. The decision to stay the USLNG pause upends one of Joe Biden’s major policy nods to climate-focused activists who have accused the president of not doing enough to mitigate planet-warming emissions.
Unfortunately, there is no way to force the DOE to comply as they still retain the power to make a public interest determination on any new approvals. Link to Content

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