Biden suppresed LNG study and undermined American energy strength
Sleepy Joe is at it again...
The Biden administration sat on a 2023 Department of Energy study, completed in September, that showed U.S. LNG exports have minimal environmental impact and could even reduce global emissions by displacing coal overseas.
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Titled *"Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports,"* it found modest domestic price hikes but no significant emissions spike—contradicting the climate-driven pause on new LNG approvals announced in January 2024. The study wasn’t released until December 2024, after House Oversight pressure, sparking accusations of political suppression.
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Hiwever, this recently changed on March 19, 2025, when news broke about this shelved study, reigniting debate over its implications for U.S. energy policy.
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This delay wasn’t an accident--it was a hit to American energy leadership. LNG exports drive jobs, with the industry supporting over 120,000 positions in 2023 alone, and bolster allies like Europe against reliance on Russian gas. The 2023 study’s buried bombshell? Global emissions could drop if LNG replaces coal, a finding that shreds the activist narrative. Yet a gloomier December 2024 report, rushed out before Trump’s inauguration, claimed higher emissions and costs to justify the freeze.
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America’s energy advantage is on the line. LNG isn’t a climate villain… it’s a pragmatic powerhouse. Stifling it hands leverage to dirtier producers while sixteen Republican-led states fight the pause in court. The U.S. should unleash projects, harness our resources, and lead globally. Burying evidence to placate radicals isn’t caution…it’s capitulation.
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Energy strength is national strength, and one step closer to eliminating energy poverty. Let’s act like it.
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Sources:
- Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/shelved-biden-study-found-pollution-impact-of-lng-exports-minor
- Reuters (January 2024): https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-pauses-approval-new-lng-export-projects-win-climate-activists-2024-01-26/
- Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-buried-govt-study-us-gas-exports-cut-against-climate-goals-officials-say
- World Oil: https://www.worldoil.com/news/2025/3/19/shelved-biden-study-found-pollution-impact-of-lng-exports-minor/
- House Oversight Committee: https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-biden-administrations-lng-study-is-a-hail-mary-political-effort-to-advance-far-left-energy-policies%25EF%25BF%25BC/
- Reuters (December 2024): https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/biden-administration-releases-lng-export-study-urging-caution-new-permits-2024-12-17/
- E&E News: https://www.eenews.net/articles/3-questions-answered-about-bidens-lng-pause/
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