The White House is looking to thread a policy needle by embracing more U.S. liquefied natural gas shipments to Europe while insisting it's not backing off its commitment to fighting climate change.
The U.S.-European plan aims to harmonize climate and energy security needs.
It comes as the EU is already looking to greatly cut Russian oil, gas and coal imports through diversification but also faster clean energy deployment and better efficiency. Officials there are crafting a proposal to seeks to end that reliance by 2027. Russia provides about 40% of Europe's gas and 25% of its oil.Biden is already facing pushback from environmentalists.
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