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Reuters: Natural gas producers press Harris for answers in battleground state (Pennsylvania) [View all]
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/natural-gas-producers-press-harris-answers-battleground-state-2024-09-26/Natural gas producers press Harris for answers in battleground state
By Jarrett Renshaw
September 26, 2024 12:27 PM EDT
ERIE, Pennsylvania Sept 26 (Reuters) - Drillers in energy-rich Pennsylvania this week called on Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to detail her position on natural gas, a fuel the energy industry bills as clean but which climate activists say is a global warming menace.
President Joe Biden put a freeze on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits in January to study its environmental impacts, in an election-year move aimed at making gains with the party's green voting blocks.
But it is now Harris squaring off against Republican rival Donald Trump, who has said he would immediately lift the permit freeze if elected.
If she wins, she will likely be tasked with unwinding the pause and incorporating any new recommendations from the promised review, which the administration says is expected to land after November's election.
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By Jarrett Renshaw
September 26, 2024 12:27 PM EDT
ERIE, Pennsylvania Sept 26 (Reuters) - Drillers in energy-rich Pennsylvania this week called on Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to detail her position on natural gas, a fuel the energy industry bills as clean but which climate activists say is a global warming menace.
President Joe Biden put a freeze on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits in January to study its environmental impacts, in an election-year move aimed at making gains with the party's green voting blocks.
But it is now Harris squaring off against Republican rival Donald Trump, who has said he would immediately lift the permit freeze if elected.
If she wins, she will likely be tasked with unwinding the pause and incorporating any new recommendations from the promised review, which the administration says is expected to land after November's election.
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