Hill Republicans are upping the ante against a contentious study critics say may have been used to justify the Department of Energy’s pause on liquefied natural gas export terminal permits.
On Thursday, Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) led a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm saying the pause was “heavily influenced” by a recent study from Cornell professor Robert Howarth that called LNG “worse than coal” when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions.
That study has been called into question by the think tank Breakthrough Institute, which claimed in a recent report that Howarth’s methodology was fundamentally flawed.
“The Biden-Harris Administration has used every tool in their arsenal to attack American energy production, including relying on a flawed study to shut down LNG exports—endangering energy security for the U.S. and our allies,” Pfluger said.
