Political Quotes

“When a company wants to export liquefied natural gas, LNG, it has to submit an application with the Department of Energy. For the export to countries with a free trade agreement with the U.S., the DOE must grant the applications without modification or delay. For the export to countries without a free trade agreement, the DOE has to approve an application, unless it finds that the proposed export will not be consistent with the public interest. To make this determination, the DOE evaluates a range of factors. It looks at the economic impacts, the international considerations, U.S. energy security, and environmental effects. Mr. Cassidy's amendment would prohibit the DOE from even considering one of the most important factors: the impact of LNG exports on climate change. I don't understand why we would do that. The world's leading scientists are unequivocal: climate change is already happening on all continents and across the oceans, and it is going to get much worse if we don't cut our emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases. {time} 1415 So that would mean that we need to scrutinize the energy infrastructure decisions that we make today for their impact on climate change in the future. Every decision to build a new LNG export terminal has climate implications. We need to understand and weigh those effects. Now, whether exporting LNG will have a positive or a negative impact on global greenhouse gas emissions is a complex but a critical question.…”