In a major victory for the climate movement, the Biden administration on Friday paused approvals for new liquified natural gas, or LNG, export terminals. The move comes after years of organizing by activists and frontline Gulf communities who have decried the projects as carbon “mega bombs.” This is Roishetta Sibley Ozane of the environmental justice organization the Vessel Project.

Roishetta Sibley Ozane: “Being a mom of six children living in this community where my children have asthma and other skin conditions that they are battling every day, I know that these facilities are not in the public interest. Living in a community that smells like rotten eggs and chemicals, I know that these facilities are not in the public interest. But this pause is not just a minor achievement, it is a significant milestone. It sets the stage for potential rejections and slows down the progress of these projects.”