WASHINGTON, D.C. – CITING SKYROCKETING ENERGY COSTS, Rep. Yvette Clarke, whose district includes Central Brooklyn, joined fellow Democrats Rep. Adriano Espaillat of Harlem and Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey on Friday to introduce the Lowering American Energy Costs Act. The bill directs the president to prohibit most U.S. exports of natural gas, a move designed to protect consumers from utility price hikes and reduce greenhouse gases. This would not be the first time Congress has prohibited fossil fuel exports: in 1975, Congress passed a ban on crude oil and natural gas exports, which was repealed in 2015.
“When each passing day of inaction increases the severity of the climate crisis and decreases our ability to fight back against it, solutions like the Lowering American Energy Costs Act grow all the more critical,” Clarke said in a statement.
“We must ramp up renewable energy generation and ensure that American households are our primary and priority consumers, not AI companies or foreign purchasers,” Espaillat added.
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