Photo: A large liquified natural gas transport ship sits docked in the Calcasieu River on June 7, 2023, near Cameron, Louisiana.

After coming under mounting pressure from climate activists and frontline communities on the Gulf Coast, the Biden administration announced on Friday a pause on new approvals of liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminals, which environmentalists describe as “climate bombs” threatening to lock in global fossil fuel pollution for decades.

“Biden’s announcement shows two things: One, the marches, petitions, and grassroots organizing from frontline communities, youth, and their allies are working,” said Collin Rees, the U.S. program director at Oil Change International, in a statement. “And two, Biden is afraid his climate hypocrisy will cost him the election if he doesn’t make real progress on fossil fuels.”

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