Benzinga - by Shanthi Rexaline, Benzinga Editor.
Conservative Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a shot at President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for pending and future applications for liquified-natural gas exports from new projects.
What Happened: The Biden administration’s decision came amid pressure from climate activists, with the president stating that the pause would allow the administration to “learn more about their impacts on energy costs, security, and our environment.”
The Department of Energy (DOE) said in a release that the Congress has mandated it to evaluate the public interest of proposed exports to countries with which the U.S. does not have a free trade agreement.
“As the natural gas sector has transformed over the past decade, DOE must use the most complete, updated, and robust analysis possible on market, economic, national security, environmental considerations, including current authorized exports compared to domestic supply, energy security, greenhouse gas emissions including carbon dioxide and methane, and other factors,” the DOE said.
The federal agency said it will begin an update of the analysis and “pause determinations on pending applications for export of LNG to non-Free Trade Agreement countries” until the update has been completed.
Greene Reacts: As Biden posted about the pause on X, Greene reacted to the announcement by stating that “America last is beginning to [be] an understatement at this point.”
“Killing America's clean affordable liquid natural gas industry is like attacking our own country,” she added.
America last is beginning to an understatement at this point.Killing America's clean affordable liquid natural gas industry is like attacking our own country. https://t.co/KQAgK3FuRx
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene