by Steve Milloy, E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow and Junkscience.com Founder
As appearing in the Washington Times
As if we didn’t know for certain already, serving the climate cult is a higher priority to the Biden administration than helping Americans or our allies. Last month, President Biden announced in a teleconference with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm that all current and future liquefied natural gas export application approvals are on hold until further notice.
The pause immediately affects 11 projects awaiting Department of Energy approval after already going through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s lengthy approval process. If six other projects that have yet to complete FERC reviews go forward, they would likewise be put on ice as long as the order stands. And that’s likely to remain in place beyond the November election.
“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,” the official Biden statement read. “We will not cede to special interests,” he added in ceding to the special interests of extremist environmentalists and their demands. Activists waged an intense campaign with dozens of environmental groups imploring Ms. Granholm to reject the LNG development “for the sake of our climate and communities.”
In December, a letter from 170 scientists (whose qualifications in science and energy include being a health care provider, a business owner, something called a science communicator, an epidemiologist, and an aerospace researcher) asked Mr. Biden to reject pending LNG facilities.
