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Trump order to fast-track LNG exports called ‘political theater’

In a flurry of Inauguration Day actions to promote his “drill, baby, drill” agenda, President Trump issued an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency.” He also directed the Department of Energy to restart reviews of permits for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) “as expeditiously as possible.” But experts say there is no factual basis for Trump’s “national energy emergency,” with the amount of oil and gas produced in the U.S. soaring to record-breaking volumes during the Biden Administration. And Presidential orders do not direct the actions of FERC, an independent federal agency that reviews LNG terminals.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin agreed to immediately suspend attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure late on Tuesday, following talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Since the announcement, attacks on civilian Ukrainian infrastructure – including an energy substation in the Donetsk region – have been reported, and Russian authorities have said

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