“Pennsylvania holds the answer to domestic and global energy and environmental challenges. We can slash emissions impacting our air quality, sustain job growth, and strengthen our nation’s energy and national security,” Marcellus Shale Coalition President Dave Callahan penned in a recent op-ed.

How? By providing abundant, affordable and clean natural gas to the world. And Pennsylvanians agree.

Following the Biden Administration’s dangerous pause on LNG export permits, statewide polling found 58% of Pennsylvania voters opposed the decision, with 41% of voters saying they are less likely to vote for President Biden in November based on this policy.

Even Democratic U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Bob Casey, as well as Governor Shapiro, disagree with the President on this issue due to the detrimental impact it has on Pennsylvania jobs and our robust energy economy.

“This issue is not a partisan issue,” said PA state Rep. Martina White.

Why? Clean, American natural gas remains the best way to combat climate change and maintain energy security across the world. The environmental, national security and economic benefits of U.S. LNG are also well known and documented.

“Communities across Pennsylvania, and around the world, rely on Pennsylvania-produced natural gas for affordable, clean and essential energy needs, and it remains the most economically viable and sustainable solution,” Callahan’s op-ed continues.

“Policymakers must recognize the global importance of U.S. LNG and celebrate Pennsylvania’s ability to effectively scale production to protect both American and our allies’ national security.”

As the President and his Administration continue to use the natural gas industry as a political punching bag while claiming to be “pro-worker” and “pro-America” on the campaign trail, here’s how this stunt is playing out in the battleground state of Pennsylvania:

Josh Shapiro warns Joe Biden gas stance could hurt election hopes
Pennsylvania’s governor says LNG pause is ‘critically important’ to 2024 swing state

  • “Shapiro said natural gas could play a role in the green energy transition, telling the FT it was “a false choice” to suggest policymakers have to choose between jobs and protecting the planet. “We can do both.”
  • “They’re beating the industry like a piñata,” said Camera Bartolotta, a Republican state senator from south-west Pennsylvania, a prolific shale-gas region. “Biden’s LNG export pause creates uncertainty and costs jobs.”

‘Now They’re Voting Red’: A Pennsylvania Fracking Boom Weighs on Biden’s Re-Election Chances

  • “Energy-economy voters see Biden as hostile to fracking…which has drawn billions of dollars in new investment in Pennsylvania, much of it in the state’s southwest corner.”
  • “Biden has been particularly hurt by his decision to cancel the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which local companies say cut into demand for their services; and his order this year to pause new permits to export liquefied natural gas, which could deprive drillers of new markets. Many of these voters also believe the president’s push for Americans to adopt electric vehicles will undercut jobs tied to fossil fuels.”

Biden’s Pittsburgh Stop Pits His Green Politics Against Energy Jobs

  • “68 percent of Keystone State Republican and Democratic voters support increasing the country’s investment in natural gas, making it a “rare bipartisan issue,” according to the polling memo from Axis Research.”

Congressman Mike Kelly: Biden’s LNG ‘pause’ threatens Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry

  • “I firmly believe energy security is national security. That’s why the Biden administration’s decision to disrupt American LNG production is not only irresponsible to Americans, but also to our allies overseas. U.S. LNG exports have helped to wean European countries off Russian energy as the Russia-Ukraine war enters year three. Reversing this de facto ban means we can continue to export clean, affordable American natural gas to allies around the world long-term.”

Biden moratorium on natural gas exports could hurt Pennsylvania’s energy future, House panel hears
Speakers representing industry and labor said Marcellus shale gas is needed here and abroad

  • Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades President Robert Bair said natural gas, with lower emissions of most pollutants including carbon dioxide, will be “the lynchpin” to meeting the global goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. 
  • “With the global supply of natural gas threatened by war and political instability, Pennsylvania has a market for Marcellus Shale gas in Europe, Carl Marrara, executive director of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, told the House Republican Policy Committee.” 
  • “Pennsylvania is an energy state. As the second largest natural gas-producing state, this industry has created good-paying energy jobs in towns and communities across the Commonwealth and has played a critical role in promoting U.S. energy independence,” Casey and Fetterman wrote.”

Earl Baker guest column: Biden’s pause on new LNG export terminals is bad for Pennsylvania

  • “Energy is shaping up to be a major issue on the ballot for Pennsylvanians in 2024 and voters are clearly lining up to defend American energy independence and an industry that is vital to the Keystone State’s economy. Politicians should take heed and avoid prioritizing the expensive values of coastal elites and climate lobbyists over the livelihoods of hard working Pennsylvanians.”

Biden’s LNG Export Pause ‘Political Stunt’ That Hurts PA Workers, Energy Advocates Tell House Committee

  • “The president’s pause on new LNG authorizations is clearly a political stunt orchestrated to satisfy a vocal minority of individuals who simply want to end the industry that I work in,” John Bane, EQT Corporation’s director of government affairs.
  • “We have more than enough natural gas to economically meet the needs of our commonwealth’s citizens while stabilizing the industry by opening new export channels,” said Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Executive Director Carl Marrara. “Using Pennsylvania natural gas to fuel our allies is good for Pennsylvania, the United States, and ultimately the geopolitical stability of the world.”

House GOP lawmakers rail against Biden’s liquefied natural gas export approval pause

  • “We can talk about fighting back against tyrants across the globe, but we could actually do it here in Pennsylvania by exporting our liquefied natural gas across Europe so that they’re not dependent on tyrants in Russia,” Rep. Josh Kail, R-Beaver, said.
  • Martina White, R-Philadelphia, said it’s hurting Pennsylvania’s economy. “We should be unified in our opposition to this decision,” she said.
  • Pennsylvania’s Democratic Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman issued a joint statement, saying, “While the immediate impacts on Pennsylvania remain to be seen, we have concerns about the long-term impacts that this pause will have on the thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry. If this decision puts Pennsylvania energy jobs at risk, we will push the Biden Administration to reverse this decision.”