Request for Comment From Reporter Working on Story on Golden Pass LNG

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John and Anthony: Steve Horn here, writer for *DeSmogBlog.com*. I just completed a draft of an article on how the Podesta Group and now a former Podesta Group employee who now works at FTI Consulting have lobbied for the Golden Pass LNG export facility. In that vein, I am writing to ask a few questions that I hope you can answer so that I can incorporate the responses into the article we hope to publish the article on Monday. They are as follows: 1.) It appears the Podesta Group lobbying efforts for Golden Pass made a dent in that LNG export permit decisions are now expedited by DOE as of May 2014 <http://energy.gov/articles/proposed-change-energy-departments-lng-export-decision-making-procedures>, which is what Podesta Group lobbied for on behalf of its client. This question is for either of you: do you feel those lobbying efforts made a difference in that outcome being achieved? 2.) John, you critiqued <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/john-podesta-natural-gas-environment-energy-104836.html> environmental groups for writing a March 18 letter <http://org.salsalabs.com/o/423/images/LNG-Export-PresidentObama-Climate-Letter31814.pdf> to the White House requesting it to slow down the permitting of LNG export facilities. Did Anthony's ties to the Golden Pass LNG facility have anything to do with you taking that stance and airing those remarks? 3.) How would you respond to criticism that this situation looks a lot like cronyism playing out in the White House, as some might allege? 4.) What is the future of Golden Pass LNG? Will it receive a permit to export LNG from FERC and/or DOE anytime in the near-future? Thanks much for your time and help in answering these questions in advance and have a great rest of the weekend. 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[216.82.254.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n40si16228933qkh.89.2015.04.18.21.49.46 for <[email protected]> (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: none (google.com: [email protected] does not designate permitted sender hosts) client-ip=216.82.254.97; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=none (google.com: [email protected] does not designate permitted sender hosts) [email protected] Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from [216.82.254.83] by server-1.bemta-7.messagelabs.com id 36/72-23367-7E333355; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 04:49:43 +0000 X-Env-Sender: [email protected] X-Msg-Ref: server-10.tower-197.messagelabs.com!1429418982!9236631!1 X-Originating-IP: [141.161.191.74] X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.13.6; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 9413 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2015 04:49:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO LAW-CAS1.law.georgetown.edu) (141.161.191.74) by server-10.tower-197.messagelabs.com with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 19 Apr 2015 04:49:43 -0000 Resent-From: <[email protected]> Received: from mail6.bemta7.messagelabs.com (216.82.255.55) by LAW-CAS1.law.georgetown.edu (141.161.191.74) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.210.2; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:49:42 -0400 Received: from [216.82.254.67] by server-14.bemta-7.messagelabs.com id 02/57-25228-5E333355; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 04:49:41 +0000 X-Env-Sender: [email protected] X-Msg-Ref: server-8.tower-196.messagelabs.com!1429418971!11699072!1 X-Originating-IP: [209.85.213.170] X-SpamReason: No, hits=1.2 required=7.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_BY_IP X-StarScan-Received: X-StarScan-Version: 6.13.6; banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 21796 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2015 04:49:32 -0000 Received: from mail-ig0-f170.google.com (HELO mail-ig0-f170.google.com) (209.85.213.170) by server-8.tower-196.messagelabs.com with RC4-SHA encrypted SMTP; 19 Apr 2015 04:49:32 -0000 Received: by igbyr2 with SMTP id yr2so38034271igb.0 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:49:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=HjB0XUxaxg2Fqqjchjuu4aOG3anYiJlStBX0MViasyI=; b=g33jRSVh9CNSBEsj8lh34ZZaYTsQldAZ10DbVoHxfMkXB0ZNdfTgy0AIPIkhxUwqAf CLbq3i1vnTM6iAdiTWZSASUUiYi0oIU+u+BTCYEun4WwBT/RGwqPS72Pz7IjGwNXj8Ck w2HN7chlVqCzeqOqxSLahje/R+CjEtxvyDd1r/GAcusQVG6/lYBQLNkMosyZxFLYkv8L ALiYE89DBtL8kl6O9cO/o7D/ee1c2i9QoYMFvrrBefz7GhySQn9bOyIwa58ECEN98N4Z m7zDzVJe7tjMz8O4VwZJa+MU6oWHSvdKmxfwRIws+1dpoZ/oP++sivZrnhOsZAY+AOjW pTPw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlmOtRdAzDQuIxSwazSCov+TS0fgrw4gUV/vvhWONgOvmKUmOEqncL/hhD5Ltf0eDJA2UlB MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.16.140 with SMTP id 12mr13406718ioq.35.1429418971814; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:49:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.138.97 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 21:49:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.87.112.28] Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:49:31 -0500 Message-ID: <CAC1gAZ8Ew=sTV40h7PKrkfy4xcVY0_i7br5dZrq7-s40fvNfpQ@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Request for Comment From Reporter Working on Story on Golden Pass LNG From: Steve Horn <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a113fbd080d0b5705140c8ae7" --001a113fbd080d0b5705140c8ae7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dear John and Anthony: Steve Horn here, writer for *DeSmogBlog.com*. I just completed a draft of an article on how the Podesta Group and now a former Podesta Group employee who now works at FTI Consulting have lobbied for the Golden Pass LNG export facility. In that vein, I am writing to ask a few questions that I hope you can answer so that I can incorporate the responses into the article we hope to publish the article on Monday. They are as follows: 1.) It appears the Podesta Group lobbying efforts for Golden Pass made a dent in that LNG export permit decisions are now expedited by DOE as of May 2014 <http://energy.gov/articles/proposed-change-energy-departments-lng-export-decision-making-procedures>, which is what Podesta Group lobbied for on behalf of its client. This question is for either of you: do you feel those lobbying efforts made a difference in that outcome being achieved? 2.) John, you critiqued <http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/john-podesta-natural-gas-environment-energy-104836.html> environmental groups for writing a March 18 letter <http://org.salsalabs.com/o/423/images/LNG-Export-PresidentObama-Climate-Letter31814.pdf> to the White House requesting it to slow down the permitting of LNG export facilities. Did Anthony's ties to the Golden Pass LNG facility have anything to do with you taking that stance and airing those remarks? 3.) How would you respond to criticism that this situation looks a lot like cronyism playing out in the White House, as some might allege? 4.) What is the future of Golden Pass LNG? Will it receive a permit to export LNG from FERC and/or DOE anytime in the near-future? Thanks much for your time and help in answering these questions in advance and have a great rest of the weekend. Very Best, Steve Horn --001a113fbd080d0b5705140c8ae7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Dear John and Anthony:<div><br></div><div><div>Steve Horn = here, writer for <i>DeSmogBlog.com</i>. I just completed a draft of an arti= cle on how the Podesta Group and now a former Podesta Group employee who no= w works at FTI Consulting have lobbied for the Golden Pass LNG export facil= ity.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>In that vein, I am writing to ask a few= questions that I hope you can answer so that I can incorporate the respons= es into the article we hope to publish the article on Monday. They are as f= ollows:</div><div><br></div><div>1.) It appears the Podesta Group lobbying = efforts for Golden Pass made a dent in that LNG export permit decisions are= <a href=3D"http://energy.gov/articles/proposed-change-energy-departments-l= ng-export-decision-making-procedures">now expedited by DOE as of May 2014</= a>, which is what Podesta Group lobbied for on behalf of its client. This q= uestion is for either of you: do you feel those lobbying efforts made a dif= ference in that outcome being achieved?=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>2.) = John, you <a href=3D"http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/john-podesta-nat= ural-gas-environment-energy-104836.html">critiqued</a> environmental groups= for writing a <a href=3D"http://org.salsalabs.com/o/423/images/LNG-Export-= PresidentObama-Climate-Letter31814.pdf">March 18 letter</a> to the White Ho= use requesting it to slow down the permitting of LNG export facilities. Did= Anthony's ties to the Golden Pass LNG facility have anything to do wit= h you taking that stance and airing those remarks?=C2=A0</div><div><br></di= v><div>3.) How would you respond to criticism that this situation looks a l= ot like cronyism playing out in the White House, as some might allege?<br><= /div><div><br></div><div>4.) What is the future of Golden Pass LNG? Will it= receive a permit to export LNG from FERC and/or DOE anytime in the near-fu= ture?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks much for your time and help in answer= ing these questions in advance and have a great rest of the weekend.</div><= div><br></div><div>Very Best,</div><div>Steve Horn</div></div></div> --001a113fbd080d0b5705140c8ae7--