Gas Sector Groups Detail Legal Case Against DOE’s LNG Permitting Pause

A coalition of natural gas trade groups is detailing legal arguments against the Energy Department’s (DOE) high-profile decision to pause new permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports while it re-evaluates their climate, economic, and other effects, in a move that could foreshadow formal legal action against the department. “[T]o ensure that the Trade Associations protect their ability to challenge the Indefinite Pause in federal court -- and in an honest effort to persuade DOE to change its position --...