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Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas

Inside Climate News · By Jon Hurdle · last updated
Warning of the risk of an explosion and catastrophe along a densely populated route, congressional representatives from Pennsylvania ask a federal agency to finalize a rollback of a Trump-era rule.

By Jon Hurdle

Seven members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation have urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to permanently ban shipments of liquefied natural gas by rail, arguing that a plan to ship the highly explosive fuel through their districts to a proposed export terminal in New Jersey poses the risk of “catastrophic impacts.’’