Biden buried gov't study on US gas exports that cut against climate goals, officials say

The Biden administration stalled the release of a draft study of U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals on greenhouse gas emissions, senior Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital.

The impact new U.S. LNG exports had on the environment and the economy had been reviewed by U.S. Energy Department scientists and federal contractors, who by September 2023 had completed their work and had a draft final report ready for publication. Breanne Deppisch is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI, and other national news. 

Fox News independently reviewed a copy of that draft study, titled, "Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports." That report and its findings were slated for publication in 2023 — months before then-President Joe Biden, who was still seeking re-election at the time, announced a pause on all new U.S. LNG export terminals in January 2024, citing the need to better consider environmental and economic impacts.

The draft report found that across all modeled scenarios, an increase in U.S. LNG exports and natural gas production did not change global or U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, nor did it correlate with a strong uptick in energy prices for consumers, Trump administration officials said.