Fed Judge Blocks Ban on LNG Exports

The US is holding off on a freeze of new liquefied natural gas exports, also known as LNGs.

A federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the administration’s ban after 16 states challenged the governmental policy put in place earlier this year.

In January, the administration announced it would delay the new LNG export terminals in the country despite exports skyrocketing as the US urged Ukraine’s European allies to buy natural gas from America and not from Moscow after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Environmentalists praised the move as they feared an increase in exports is locking in potentially catastrophic planet-warming emissions. The states who opposed this argued the administration violated the US Constitution and other federal laws by banning exportation of LNG to countries without a free trade agreement.

The judge wrote in his most recent ruling quote, “it appears that the DOE’s decision is completely without reason or logic.”