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Ice Cold LNG is a Hot Commodity 🔥

August 8, 2025

Need to know

Common sense

AMERICAN LNG IS DRAWING CUSTOMERS: American LNG is the hottest commodity, as evidenced by several recent trade deals. In addition to last week’s major agreement with the European Union, several Asian countries all have an interest in purchasing liquefied natural gas. Malaysia represents the latest country to sign on.

Why it matters: This is due, at least in part, to a commitment to building export terminals and other infrastructure investments, as advocated in TEA’s Common Sense Energy Agenda. The message is crystal clear: America is open for business.

Today, we produce more than enough Affordable, Reliable, and Clean American-made energy to power our nation.

So much so that we’re exporting it to support our European and Asian allies. Secure, reliable US liquefied natural gas is playing a critical role in stabilizing global energy markets, especially in Europe, helping create a safer world.

Consider:

  • Six Asian nations have agreed to buy US LNG, including Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.
  • Japan has signed several 20-year agreements.
  • The EU, as a bloc, committed to $750 billion in American energy imports (LNG, oil and nuclear) over three years.

By the numbers: 

The U.S. has been a net energy exporter since 2019, a trend set to continue as these deals take shape.

  • In 2024, only 17% of our energy came from foreign sources, marking the lowest level in nearly 40 years.
  • Since peaking in 2006, imports have been cut in half thanks to increased domestic production.
  • Imports from OPEC nations have dropped a staggering 77%, meaning less oil from Venezuela, Iran and other adversaries.

Bottom line: Trade agreements will further American energy dominance, ensuring prosperity for producers, jobs for millions of workers, and reliable energy for our allies.

 

Nonsense

AFFORDABLE ENERGY = AMERICAN PROSPERITY: Every time a new op-ed gushes about wind and solar, we wonder are they blind or just ignoring the facts?

Case in point: This latest Washington Post piece rehashes the same tired narrative: That so-called “green” energy is superior to natural gas. It’s not — and Americans deserve to hear the truth.

Fortunately, that narrative isn’t driving policy anymore. President Trump and his pro-energy team are putting America first, ending taxpayer-funded handouts to unreliable renewables and unleashing our vast natural gas resources.

Why it matters:

  • Solar fields destroy farmland. A Robert Bryce video lays it bare: America’s food-producing land is being paved over for intermittent energy that can’t meet surging demand from AI and data centers.
  • It threatens rural America. About 90% of wind and 70% of solar developments are swallowing up cropland and pastures — erasing the heart of family farming and America’s rural landscape.
  • Hydrocarbons still dominate. In 2024, they accounted for 87% of the world’s energy consumption. Solar? A meager 1%.

The better path: The Empowerment Alliance’s ARC Energy Security Act, backed by the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) model policy, is a bold, pro-American solution: Affordable, Reliable and Clean energy. We support a free market system where all energy sources compete and succeed or fail — based solely on cost, availability and performance.

By the numbers:

  • Affordable: Unlocking U.S. reserves can stabilize prices crushed by past overregulation.
  • Reliable: 2,900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas — enough to power America for a century.
  • Clean: Between 2005 – 2020, missions fell 21%, due in large part to natural gas and the fracking boom that began in the mid 2000s.

Bottom line: ARC legislation is the game-changer we need, providing true energy security to power our factories, heat our homes and keep our economy strong.

A look ahead

Nothing on the calendar for next week!

 

Quote of the week

“Gargantuan, unreliable, intermittent energy projects hold America back from achieving U.S. energy dominance while weighing heavily on the American taxpayer and environment.”
— Interior Secretary Doug Burgum