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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
President Biden announced a de facto ban on U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, and Republicans in Congress—with help from CRES—are fighting back. We know U.S. LNG is among the cleanest in the world, and by cutting off exports to our allies, the Biden Administration is forcing countries that currently rely on American LNG to look to dirtier sources of natural gas while lining the pockets of hostile nations. Our friends abroad – like the European Union – will be forced to turn to Russian natural gas, which when exported to Europe has a 41 percent higher emissions profile than U.S. LNG exported to the same location.
While the radical left ignores that this decision will result in higher global emissions, Republicans are making it known in letters to the administration, on the House floor and on social media that what’s best for the planet is leveraging cleaner American production.
It is clear this export pause is a political move by the Biden Administration in an attempt to please the far-left flank of voters in an election year, and any effort to claim this decision was made in the name of battling climate change is offensive to organizations, like CRES, who know the truth.
I joined Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) at a Western Caucus Foundation briefing to discuss the importance of American LNG. The briefing came on the heels of House passage of Rep. Pfluger’s Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act by a bipartisan vote. CRES supports the legislation because we recognize it will empower the United States to do what we do best: produce clean, affordable and reliable energy while reducing global emissions.
The bill now heads to the Senate, where Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is leading the charge. The Biden Administration should be promoting, rather than restricting, the United States’ ability to export our world-class natural gas.
Sincerely,
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