White House halts enormous natural gas projects in victory for environmentalists

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : ""The U.S. is committed to affordable energy and economic opportunities for all Americans.
60% : COURT DOCSThis month, energy associations Eurogas and the Asia Natural Gas & Energy Association (ANGEA) issued strong statements of support for continued permitting of U.S. LNG export terminals.
57% : The industry letter to Granholm noted that the U.S. has led the world in carbon emissions reductions thanks in large part to greater reliance on natural gas.
56% : Coal produced the largest share of electricity generated in the U.S. for decades until 2015, when natural gas surpassed it.
51% : "We're doing this weeks removed from a U.N. climate conference where the United States, under President Biden's leadership, was out front making sure that the global community was clear-eyed about the need to transition globally away from fossil fuels.
48% : And when it comes to the climate crisis, we square our shoulders, we take on the challenge in front of us, we lean into the solutions and, yes, we transition globally away from fossil fuels.
46% : "This action includes a pause on pending applications for exports of U.S. natural gas as LNG to non-free trade agreement countries until the department can update the underlying analyses for authorizations.
43% : So, not only are we providing geopolitical assets to our allies, but U.S. LNG displacing dirtier sources of fuels actually lowers global carbon emissions.

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