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In late January, the Biden administration announced that it was pausing new approvals for liquefied natural gas export terminals until it can reassess its review process. That decision hinges on a key question: Is continuing to expand the country’s already massive fossil-gas export capacity in the “public interest?” To answer that, the administration will likely try to determine the cost in dollars and cents of two main impacts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports: their e...

The review could show the U.S. was relying on outdated assumptions about gas's impact on renewable energy and carbon pollution.

A Biden administration review of natural gas exports could show the U.S. was relying on outdated assumptions about gas’s impact on renewable energy and carbon pollution

"It's in the atmosphere," one lawyer said of DOE's climate and economic review of gas exports. "It might give judges a little bit more pause."

The Biden administration unveiled one of its most significant actions to address climate change last month at the COP28 U.N. climate conference in the United Arab Emirates: new regulations aimed at curtailing methane leaks from oil and gas operations.

The social cost of carbon could soon be used in a broad set of federal actions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this weekend took action that is expected to justify stricter climate regulations. Releasing an updated rule aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas, the agency also unveiled an updated estimate of the “social cost” of carbon dioxide. This is an economic estimate that is used by the government to calculate the…

After stumbling twice at the Supreme Court, Republicans still want to make the case that the administration has its math wrong on climate change's financial

New changes to a bedrock environmental law may help cut red tape for clean energy projects.