President Joe Biden on Friday morning effectively killed all applications to export liquefied natural gas, an election-season gift to climate change activists.
This means Biden may have just killed the Alaska LNG project. There will likely be no approvals on any natural gas projects until after the November election.
“My Administration is announcing today a temporary pause on pending decisions of Liquefied Natural Gas exports – with the exception of unanticipated and immediate national security emergencies. During this period, we will take a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and our environment. This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time,” Biden said in a White House statement.
“While MAGA Republicans willfully deny the urgency of the climate crisis, condemning the American people to a dangerous future, my Administration will not be complacent. We will not cede to special interests,” Biden said, using “Make America Great Again” as a pejorative.
The Department of Energy will begin a lengthy review of LNG and its impact on the environment.
“We will heed the calls of young people and frontline communities who are using their voices to demand action from those with the power to act. And as America has always done, we will turn crisis into opportunity – creating clean energy jobs, improving quality of life, and building a more hopeful future for our children,” Biden said.
Nick Begich, Alaska Republican candidate for Congress, said, “Joe Biden proves once again that it’s Alaska last — and America dead last. Mary Peltola endorses Joe Biden, and Joe Biden has just sacrificed Alaska for his climate obsession. Meanwhile it’s -42 in Fairbanks and the people who I listened to two days ago in Fairbanks emphasized the need for natural gas as part of their energy solution.”
“One woman I spoke to was on the verge of tears about how she is having to dip into savings in order to survive. People of Alaska are furious about these Biden policies,” Begich said.
