The Biden administration quietly moved to ban the transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via rail on Friday.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a subagency of the Department of Transportation (DOT), moved to undo a Trump-era rule that allowed the transport of LNG via train cars in a regulatory filing published in the Federal Register on Friday, ahead of Labor Day weekend. [emphasis, links added]
LNG transport on rail tanks will not be permitted until the DOT proposes and finalizes a rule on LNG rail transport, or until June 30, 2025, according to the Federal Register entry for the decision to remove the Trump-era rule.
Environmentalist groups hailed the DOT’s move as a major victory, citing the perceived risk that LNG on railroads poses to communities and habitats that lie in the paths of railways, according to the Sierra Club and Food and Water Watch.
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“Today, the Biden administration has fired another salvo in its war on American energy by essentially prohibiting the movement of LNG by rail,” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said of the DOT’s move in a press release issued Friday.
“By removing this option, the radical environmentalists in the Biden administration have delivered a further setback to American prosperity and national security.
“LNG by rail would give Americans — particularly those who have limited energy choices because of geography — an affordable and environmentally responsible option to meet their energy needs,” Cruz added.
The removal of the Trump-era rule is intended to “[avoid] potential risks to public health and safety or environmental consequences (to include direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions),” according to the Federal Register entry.
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There would be no need to ship LNG via rail if the Biden administration didn’t keep canceling pipelines to ship natural gas (and with crude oil) which is the safest and mistcost effective way to ship both products.
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No pipelines, no trains, no coal, no gas, no nuclear, no energy, nothing for you! You will own nothing, do nothing, be nothing and you will like it.