Kansas Attorney General, Kris Kobach, joined a coalition of 16 states, led by Louisiana Attorney General, Liz Murrill, in a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decision to ban new liquefied natural gas exports. Kobach says the Biden Administration’s decision to ban the export is putting America last by catering to climate extremists. He adds that the National Security interests of Americans should be the President’s top concern.
On January 26th, President Biden and his Department of Energy, halted all new approvals of liquified natural gas exports to non-free-trade agreement countries effective immediately. This decision ignores the clear text of the Natural Gas Act and departs from decades of agency policy. Kobach says just six months ago, the Department of Energy even acknowledged, “there is no factual or legal basis” for halting approval or exports.
The 16 Attorney General’s say Biden’s decision causes serious harm to plaintiff states, local communities counting on LNG-related investment and the energy sector itself. This ban will also disrupt the development an production of natural gas.
