Biden Admin Challenges Court Ruling That Lifted Its Freeze on LNG Export Approvals

A liquefied natural gas tanker is guided by tugboats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, La., on April 14, 2022. Marcy de Luna/Reuters

The Biden administration has appealed a court decision that blocked its freeze on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals.

In an Aug. 5 filing at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Department of Energy (DOE) lodged its appeal of a July 1 order by a federal court in Louisiana that halted the government’s temporary moratorium on new licenses to export LNG to certain countries.