Trump Approves Gas Export Project After Lifting Biden Pause (1)

The Trump administration granted its first approval for a project to export liquefied natural gas as the administration seeks to make good on a pledge to unleash a torrent of fuel shipments.

The US Department of Energy conditionally approved a license for Commonwealth LNG to ship millions of tons of LNG a year from a planned facility near Cameron, Louisiana. It is the first LNG project approved under Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who has vowed to “return to regular order” in granting licenses.

“Today marks one of many steps that DOE will be taking to assure our future as ...