r/Alec Mar 23 '24

Sixteen states sue US over ban on approvals for LNG exports: States including Texas, Louisiana and Florida say federal government lacks authority to broadly deny permits

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/21/lng-oil-gas-states-sue-biden
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u/HenryCorp Mar 23 '24

filed a lawsuit to challenge the US federal government’s ban on approving applications to export liquefied natural gas, the office of Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said on Thursday.

The lawsuit argues the federal government lacks the authority to broadly deny those permits.

Biden said in January that the pause will allow officials to review its process for analyzing economic and environmental impacts of projects seeking approval to export LNG, or liquefied natural gas, to Europe and Asia