A bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday would give North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries “an escape from Russia’s political coercion and manipulation,” in part by speeding approvals of U.S. natural gas exports, according to Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY).
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Senate Committee Suspends Rules to Move EPA Nominee Pruitt Past Dem Boycott
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee voted Thursday to approve Oklahoma Attorney General (AG) Scott Pruitt’s nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), suspending committee rules to push past a Democratic boycott.
DOE Nominee Dodges Questions on ‘Pause’ in LNG Permits
Reading from the same playbook that Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz used at his confirmation hearing in April, President Obama’s nominee for assistant secretary of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fossil Energy Office dodged direct questions on whether the department plans to place a pause in approving liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits later this year (see Daily GPI, April 10).
Binz Fends Off Senate Critics; Supports Natural Gas
Former Colorado regulator Ron Binz, nominated for FERC chairman, said he was bullish on natural gas and expects applications for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals to proceed through the agency as usual.