Republican leaders on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee have accused the Biden administration of concealing a 2023 internal study that would have made its moratorium on natural gas projects unnecessary, therefore clearing the path to further push its anti-fossil agenda.
The administration halted permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects in January 2024, citing the need for a federal study on the environmental, economic, and national security impacts of such projects. That study, according to federal officials, was not expected to be completed until early 2025, effectively pausing several major fossil fuel projects.
