Activists Cancel Sit-In After Biden Agrees to Review Gas Exports

Climate activists declared victory after the Biden administration announced it was freezing new approvals to export liquefied natural gas, canceling a planned three-day sit-in at the US Energy Department.

“When we fight, we win,” said Roishetta Ozane, a frontline leader from Louisiana and founder of the Vessel Project, who was helping organize a protest at the Energy Department next month expected to be attended by hundreds as part of an effort to put a stop to the permitting of LNG facilities.

Opponents of massive export terminals, such as one planned by Venture Global LNG Inc. in Louisiana, argue the ...