16 Republican-Led States Challenge Biden’s Pause on LNG Export Approvals

The states said the Biden administration’s halt on LNG export projects ‘disregards statutory mandates.’

An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, La., on April 14, 2022. Marcy de Luna /Reuters

Texas and 15 other Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Thursday to challenge the Biden administration’s pause on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (LNG).

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana by 16 state attorneys general, claims that the administration’s LNG export ban is “not justified by any statutory authority.”