Biden’s LNG-Permit Halt Challenged by 16 States in Lawsuit
- White House pause on new permits threw sector into disarray
- Ban will ‘annihilate critical jobs’: Texas attorney general
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Texas, Louisiana and more than a dozen other US states challenged the Biden administration’s suspension of new licenses to export natural gas via ocean-going tankers.
A lawsuit filed against President Joe Biden and the US Department of Energy in Louisiana federal court on Thursday asks a judge to overturn the temporary pause. The action supported by 16 state attorneys general, argues the administration runs counter to Congressional intent and decades of policy.