Senate Democrats Eye Curbing Gas Exports Amid Climate Policy Debate

Democrats on the Senate energy committee are considering options for limiting natural gas and other fossil-fuel exports to counter soaring domestic energy prices, even as Republicans blame the Biden administration’s climate agenda on tight U.S. energy supplies and increasing prices. Senate energy committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) raised the possibility of the president using recently enacted authority in infrastructure and energy legislation to halt oil and gas exports to curtail rising domestic energy prices, emphasizing the dramatic increase in liquefied...