One election-timed political stunt doesn't unwind hundreds of attacks on America's energy producers.
Daily Caller (9/4/24) reports: "The Biden administration issued its first license for natural gas exports in months on Tuesday, but the move is likely motivated by a desire to help the Harris campaign, energy sector experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Department of Energy (DOE) issued a five-year license to New Fortress Energy to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries this week, the first such license it has issued to export terminal developers since announcing a freeze on non-FTA LNG export approvals in January. The DOE’s decision should not be interpreted as a sign that the Biden administration is retreating from its pause, but instead as a potential political ploy meant to help Vice President Kamala Harris present a more moderate image on energy issues as the election approaches, energy experts explained. 'While I’m glad they issued the permit, no one should be fooled by the optics here. The facility, located in Mexico, is very small relative to the larger U.S. based projects being held hostage by the Biden-Harris Administration’s LNG pause,' Tom Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, told the DCNF. 'Like her supposed reversal on banning fracking, or her newly discovered love for gasoline powered vehicle, issuing one LNG permit for a Mexico-based facility two months before the election is not a thawing of this Administration’s hostility towards the oil and gas industry. It is a political tactic to enable Kamala Harris to appear as if she is somehow moving to the middle in the run up to the election,' Pyle continued. 'If the Biden-Harris Administration were serious about this, there are several U.S. based LNG facilities they could approve right now that have the potential to generate billions in economic activity and energy jobs here at home. But don’t hold your breath.'"
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