Mike Sommers

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  • US President Joe Biden delivers remarks urging Congress to pass his national security supplement request, which includes funding to support Ukraine, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2023. US lawmakers must approve funding for Ukraine’s war effort this month or risk handing Russia’s Vladimir Putin “the greatest gift,” President Joe Biden warned on December 6, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)Commentary

    The Biden administration’s freeze on LNG projects is a gift to Putin

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  • A contractor works during construction at the Cheniere Energy Inc. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. On Wednesday, Cheniere Energy said it started producing liquefied natural gas for the first time at the Corpus Christi plant. It plans to fill up the tank with 43 million gallons of super-chilled LNG that’s slated to be shipped to gas-hungry countries like China — a rosy prospect unless trade tensions escalate between the world’s two biggest economies. Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesCommentary

    As Russia invades Ukraine, U.S. LNG stands for ‘energy security’

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  • Shipping containers sit stacked at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 19, 2020.Commentary

    Why the U.S. oil and natural gas industry doesn’t want tariffs right now

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