Re: Statement from President Joe Biden on Decision to Pause Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports

Jan 26, 2024 Last reply: 2 years ago 3 Replies


'My Administration is announcing today a temporary pause on pending decisions of Liquefied Natural Gas exports – with the exception of unanticipated and immediate national security emergencies. During this period, we will take a hard look at the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and our environment. This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time.


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>While MAGA Republicans willfully deny the urgency of the climate crisis, condemning the American people to a dangerous future, my Administration will not be complacent. We will not cede to special interests.'
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The world will get energy from coal if they can't get NG.


But we can leave our gas in the ground for our future use. Let Japan and China and India and Germany burn coal. Lots of coal.

And "we" (the monkeys with computers) need to really figure this energy mess out, especially if "we" want to stick about.

It's somewhat disheartening that the kids associate "Christmas" with "rainy"... (noting that as a kid, it was pretty much guaranteed to be snowy from Thanksgiving to April).

Just off Lake Erie here. Sure we had a few days of wicked cold and snow, but it's once again green. Been like this easily the last 4-5 years, if not longer.

Know a couple of people who do maple sugaring, and they've been saying the warm spells are messing with the trees nowadays too ...

I'm certainly not a climate scientist, so maybe this is actually a bit of a "normal" spell the planet goes through. But we've had more than a few "environmental crises" since I was a kid:

- acid rain (industry cleaned up, and it's been somewhat solved?) - ozone layer (stopped using CFCs, and it's been somewhat solved?) - climate change (ehhh ... )

Pardon me if this a dupe.

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:13:39 -0800, John Larkin wrote: <snip>

Of course it's all new (money ), just ask Al Gore....

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