We now have more information on the corruption involved in the pause in LNG exports. Joe Biden approved the pause but didn’t know he did. When questioned by Speaker Johnson, Biden said he wouldn’t do that.
During the Houthi attacks and the Ukraine crisis, Biden paused all LNG shipments to Europe. He halted the approval process for export licenses and facilities being built/planned to save the climate.
A Louisiana judge granted a stay.
It turns out that Secretary Granholm, a wholly unprincipled agent for the hard left, buried a report with data and conclusions refuting the premise they used to enact the LNG pause, whoever ‘they’ are. Perhaps President Autopen made the decision.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the DoE already had a study showing that increasing exports would have a ‘negligible’ effect on domestic energy prices and actually reduce greenhouse emissions by a fraction.
…President Biden, prodded by climate adviser John Podesta, announced a supposedly temporary suspension of LNG project approvals in January of the election year. The stated purpose was so Energy could do a study to determine if increased exports are in the “public interest.” It turns out that DOE career staff had already completed such a study by autumn 2023.
A draft of that study, which was shared with us, shows that increased U.S. LNG exports would have negligible effects on domestic prices while modestly reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The latter is largely because U.S. LNG exports would displace coal in power production and gas exports from other countries such as Russia.
The study was shelved, and the Autoopen administration found one they liked better. They didn’t care how badly Europe needed LNG.
The WSJ writes:
Had Kamala Harris won, Democrats would undoubtedly have used the new study to justify a permanent export ban, and we would never have found out about the other study. The LNG two-step is another notable example of how the Biden Democrats tried to deceive Americans. And they wonder why the party’s approval rating is at a record low?
True.
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Perhaps it does help the planet. I drove a tractor, many different times that used LNG as fuel because my company bought into it and pretty much, to an employee those things are totally ridiculed and hated for the way they run. Not to mention that you couldn’t trust the fuel gauges. If it helps the atmosphere, wonderful but I’ll never own anything that runs off it.
Leftists ALWAYS have to hide the truth/facts because it undermines their make-believe claims.
Wish our Democrat Liberals could understand how an autopen works and how easy it is to fraudlently be used to have a president like Joe to have his signature to sign things into law that he has no knowledge of.
I want to see her finances. Her attitude and statements caused me to immediately get vibes that she is on the take, for example, investing in “green energy” companies which her policies enriched.
A healthy, decent nation does not put people with a poli sci degree in as energy secretary. This is DEI/AA madness. As an engineer, I had directors above me, female directors, with no technical background.
Granholm wore suspenders on her dating game appearance. She was a wannabe celebrity.
Roberts has NEVER positively impressed me as a justice and I have NEVER trusted him,