GOP States Sue Over DOE LNG Export Pause, Calling It An Illegal ‘Ban’

Louisiana and 15 other GOP-led states are urging a federal district court to quickly block the Energy Department’s (DOE) pause on permitting new liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as officials reconsider future exports’ climate and other effects, arguing the move amounts to a rule that DOE has failed to justify. The states are also drawing comparisons to litigation they brought early in the Biden administration to block Interior Department officials’ moratorium on oil and gas drilling lease sales. “President Biden...