Bait and Switch: Energy Independence Slogan Yields to Free Trade in LNG Debate

By Press Action

The battle over whether U.S. liquefied natural gas terminal owners should be allowed to export domestically produced natural gas is heating up.

Several LNG terminal owners have filed applications with the U.S. Department of Energy for authorization to export natural gas produced in the United States from their facilities, many of which were built last decade with the intent of importing — not exporting — LNG to meet what was perceived at the time as a growing demand for natural gas in the U.S.

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