Democrats praise administration’s LNG export approval pause

The Biden administration was right to pause approvals of new liquefied natural gas export facilities while it undertakes an “overdue” examination of whether projects are in the public interest, more than 70 Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday. In a letter to President Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, the lawmakers thanked the administration for the temporary freeze on new LNG export approvals for projects serving countries without a U.S. free trade agreement and argued that it should ensure greenhouse gas...