Sixteen States Sue Biden Administration Over Gas Permit Pause | President Biden halted approvals for new exports of LNG to study its effect on the climate, national security and the economy

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The pause on new export permits came after months of protests by environmental activists, who argued that adding new gas export facilities and expanding existing ones would lock in decades of additional greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of climate change.