The Biden administration faces mounting pressure over whether to approve a massive new Louisiana LNG export project, with environmentalists saying the facility would undermine U.S. climate goals and business interests arguing it is essential for global energy security. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a panel of three regulators, is expected to vote in weeks or months on approval of Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass 2, or CP2, liquefied natural gas terminal (CP2) project. If constructed, CP2 will be twice the size of Venture Global's present CP plant, with an export capacity of 20 million metric tonnes per year.
Minister of Labour and Home Affairs, Anna Mokgethi, delivered a statement in Parliament earlier today regarding the government's decision to increase the minimum wage.