The Biden-Harris Administration’s LNG Decision is the Hope Young People Have Been Waiting For

By Ben Jealous James Hiatt lives in an area along the Mississippi River in Louisiana that has been dubbed “Cancer Alley.” Teeming with chemical plants and oil and gas refineries, the air the residents of this area breathe contains more carcinogens than anywhere else in the country.& One of those oil and gas facilities is the Calcasieu Pass liquified natural gas terminal, which has further devastated public health, local livelihoods, and marine wildlife. Last week the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Energy paused the permitting of new LNG projects. The decision stops the gas industry’s plans for the even larger CP2 LNG terminal right next store.& This move was perhaps the boldest rebuke ever from a US president against the oil and gas industry. President Biden, Vice President Harris and Secretary of Energy Granholm – whose support for the move was especially crucial – did the right thing.& Millions of us are celebrating along with James Hiatt, who says, “I’m thankful for this pause in granting gas export licenses; the DOE has finally heard the wake-up call. The gas industry was planning to inundate my hometown with LNG terminals.”& American families’ pocketbooks will be thankful as well. Any word you hear...