Biden Urged to Halt Oil Exports After Terminal Approved
- Climate activists taking a page from LNG export pause playbook
- Deepwater oil terminal approved in April, three others pending
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Climate activists who successfully pushed President Joe Biden to halt new US liquefied natural gas exports are setting their sights on proposed crude oil shipping facilities, after the administration approved a massive petroleum terminal last month.
The administration should stop approvals of deepwater oil export facilities and reevaluate its approval process, the Sierra Club wrote on behalf of nearly 20 environmental and community groups in a letter Thursday to the White House and the Department of Transportation.