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Federal judge blocks Biden s pause on LNG export permits – POLITICO

By Thomas A. Smith

A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday put the Energy Department s pause on natural gas export permits on hold, dealing another legal blow to the Biden administration s climate agenda.

Judge James Cain of the Western District of Louisiana, a Trump appointee, granted a request for a stay from 16 red states that had challenged the pause, arguing it will harm their economies.

The decision to stay the LNG pause upends one of Joe Biden s major policy nods to climate-focused activists who have accused the president of not doing enough to mitigate planet-warming emissions despite Democrats passing the largest investment in climate in history via the Inflation Reduction Act.

via www.politico.com

Hooray.