Trump Announces LNG Export Approval As GOP Attacks Biden-Era Study

March 19, 2025
Trump officials are approving a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project, continuing their sweeping efforts to bolster the fuel, as House Republicans are attacking a Biden-era study about LNG exports’ greenhouse gas emissions that the prior administration argued showed that additional exports might not be in the “public interest.” The Energy Department (DOE) on March 19 conditionally approved exports from Venture Global’s facility to export LNG to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries. The approval of the project, known as...


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