The political economy of Biden's LNG 'pause'

The calculus of a decision on energy policy that has a lot of downstream ramifications.

In January, Biden announced the US governments was pausing license approvals for new liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals in the US. The decision was made to give the administration more time to assess the review process and determine if additional infrastructure was in the public’s best interest. The government’s official statement noted that t…