In a win for both American energy and climate policy, a federal court this week blocked the Biden administration’s pause on new permits for liquefied natural gas exports. It’s clear that unleashing cleaner, abundant energy, produced in the United States, will support global emissions reduction efforts while increasing energy security for us and our allies. 

Reversing President Joe Biden’s unfounded political move effectively to ban the permitting of new LNG exports benefits not only our energy security but also the climate. The decision to halt these permits earlier this year was nothing more than an election-year tactic to appeal to young, climate-minded voters who are disillusioned with the administration’s perceived lack of action on climate change. Yet the reality is that energy made in America is cleaner than almost anywhere else, and that’s a fact we should champion loudly.

Indeed, the court’s green light for LNG export permits is a win for the climate, despite false claims made by out-of-touch climate activists that it is not. The truth is that switching from coal to natural gas has been the primary reason the U.S. has led to emissions reduction over the past couple of decades. LNG allows us to export this cleaner source of energy across the world to displace dirtier, foreign sources, which will actually reduce global emissions. Shutting down American LNG supplies does not mean global demand for this fossil fuel will fall; instead, it will simply increase reliance on dirtier sources, such as coal.