Biden’s Natural Gas Export Freeze Draws Fire From Moderate Democrats

Pipelines run toward oil storage tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden’s move to pause liquefied natural gas export approvals won praise from progressives and climate activists - but some moderate Democrats from gas producing states are saying not so fast.

A group of 10 Democratic House lawmakers from states including Texas, Alaska and California sent a letter to Biden asking him to “refocus” his policies on LNG exports.