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Biden throws up a last-minute obstacle to Trump’s natural gas plans

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The Biden administration released a long-awaited analysis of the dangers that liquefied natural gas exports pose to the environment and the economy.

Environmentalists plan to cite the analysis in future lawsuits over the Trump administration’s approvals of these projects.

The Obama administration paused the approval of LNG export projects while studying their effects on climate change, the economy and national security.

The Trump administration is expected to rebut the study and replace it.

A top Energy Department official defended the administration’s handling of gas exports during a hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability .

Energy executive Chris Wright has argued that U.S. gas exports provide other countries an alternative to coal, a dirtier fossil fuel.

Though gas generates fewer carbon dioxide emissions than coal when burned, it leaks methane, another powerful planet-warming pollutant.