Joe Biden just did the rarest thing in US politics: he stood up to the oil industry | Bill McKibben

The Biden administration suspended new permits for natural gas terminals. Can we see more of this kind of backbone?

Ten days ago Joe Biden did something remarkable, and almost without precedent - he actually said no to big oil.

His administration halted the granting of new permits for building liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals, something Washington had been handing out like M&Ms on Halloween for nearly a decade. It's a provisional no" - Department of Energy experts will spend the coming months figuring out a new formula for granting the licenses that takes the latest science and economics into account - but you can tell what a big deal it is because of the howls of rage coming from the petroleum industry and its gaggle of politicians.

Bill McKibben is the founder of Third Act, which organizes Americans over 60 for progressive action and which worked this fall to persuade the administration to stop granting the LNG permits