Biden’s LNG Exports Pause Leans on Broad Public Interest Statute

The broad public interest determination underpinning the Biden administration’s decision to pause new natural gas export approvals while it evaluates climate impacts may come under legal attack, but litigation will depend on how far energy officials go to hamper specific projects, legal experts said.

Developers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities may find limited legal options to challenge the White House announcement last Friday that it will update its economic and environmental analyses on exports to countries that don’t have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. ...