A U.S. industrial trade group said Washington’s domestic focus should prioritize the retention of natural gas, rather than target it for the export market. As a candidate, Donald Trump ran under the slogan of “Make America Great Again.” As president, he’s steered efforts to put U.S. national interests first. Paul Cicio, the president of the Industrial Energy Consumers of America, said in a letter to U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry that stance should extend to liquefied natural gas. “It is time for the U.S. Department of Energy to put American residential and industrial consumers first by establishing a moratorium on further LNG export approvals to non-free trade agreement [NFTA] countries, and put consumer safeguards in place,” he said in a […]

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