Democrats urge dropping plan to double gas exports as US energy prices soar
by Dharna Noor from on (#73VSW)
Families are struggling with cost of heating their homes', letter says as Trump repeatedly pledges to slash utility bills
As energy prices for US households soar nationwide, Democratic and progressive lawmakers are calling on the energy department to end its plan to double exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Trump administration's LNG export policies are not putting America first: they have jacked up utility prices for families, leaving many Americans struggling with the cost of heating their homes this winter," reads a letter to the energy secretary, Chris Wright, sent the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Independent senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and seven others.
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