PIOGA Reality Check – Does LNG Stand for Lame National Government?

Here’s what members of the Biden Administration have said in the past about exporting American-produced natural gas, including shipments to countries seeking to reduce their dependence on Russian energy:

+ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken: The U.S. is “now the leading supplier of LNG to Europe to help compensate for any gas or oil that it’s losing as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.” (2022)

+ U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm: “I believe U.S. LNG exports can have an important role to play in reducing international consumption of fuels that have greater contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.” (2021)

+ U.S. Climate Envoy John Podesta: “The United States should do everything it can to support its European allies as they try to reduce their dependence on Russian natural gas.” (2022)

+ U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel: “LNG can be a major contributor – with the reduction of methane – both on the global energy stability and security for every country but also a contributor to our collective individual goals, our collective and individual goals as countries in seeing and meeting our objective by 2050 in net-zero.” (2023)

The Reality Check
The Biden Administration’s January action – with no firm end date in sight – has put the future of the country’s LNG infrastructure in a state of disarray and put our allies’ energy future at risk.