DOE Urges 5th Circuit To Reverse Decision Blocking LNG Approval Pause

The Energy Department (DOE) is urging the 5th Circuit to vacate a district court’s decision halting the department’s pause in approving additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, while Biden officials continue to weigh the effects of additional exports on the climate and the economy. DOE is making several procedural arguments for why the appellate court should block the lower court’s injunction halting the LNG permitting pause, which the department began in January. “The district court lacked jurisdiction over Plaintiffs’ abstract...