A federal court lifted the Biden administration’s pause on approvals for new natural gas export terminals on Monday. Judge James

When the Biden administration paused the approval of new liquefied natural gas exports in January, environmentalists and left-leaning politicians hailed the decision as a watershed moment for the climate movement.

What would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquefied natural gas has won approval from a federal commission.

A Louisiana judge says the Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge plays out in federal court

Louisiana had charged that the ban was arbitrary because it did not consider the impact on the economy and tax revenues by temporarily halting approvals.

A federal judge has sided with Louisiana and 16 other states that sued to block the Biden administration’s stoppage of permits for liquified natural gas export terminals. U.S. District Judge James Cain Jr.

U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr. sided with the states, granting a preliminary injunction that puts the Biden administration’s delay consideration of projects aimed at LNG exports on hold.