Everything the Biden administration touches turns to sht
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Everything the Biden Misadministration touches turns to sh*t.
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“Qatar is building additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity after the Biden administration decided to pause approvals for new export hubs in the U.S., Financial Times reported Sunday.
Officials announced additional long-term increases in natural gas production on Sunday, supplementing existing plans for growth and putting the country’s capacity on track to rise by 85% by the decade’s end, according to Financial Times.
Qatar is betting that natural gas demand will remain robust, especially as Asian economies increasingly seek to shift away from relying on coal.
… Would-be buyers of LNG in Asia, including Japan and China, have been searching for alternative suppliers to protect themselves against disruptions to their plans caused by the U.S. moratorium on new export hubs, according to Bloomberg News.
… The Biden administration paused approvals for new LNG export terminals in January, with the White House instructingthe Department of Energy (DOE) to widen the scope of its approval review process to consider climate implications alongside economic outcomes and energy security ramifications.
Energy sector experts previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the move would not reduce emissions, but would actually increase them by empowering foreign natural gas production in places including Qatar and Russia.
… Some activists who lobbied against new LNG export terminal projects in the U.S. received funding and support from philanthropic organizations bankrolled by billionaires like Michael Bloomberg and the Rockefeller family.
Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk also cited misleading and questionable science in written congressional testimony to defend the administration’s policy. …”