A U.S. court has ordered federal regulators to reevaluate their approval of Commonwealth LNG’s Louisiana liquefied natural gas project.
On July 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reassess the impact of greenhouse emissions after a handful of environmental groups sued to block the project.
The environmental groups challenged FERC’s authorization of the project, arguing the agency did not “reasonably assess” the National Environmental Policy Act or Natural Gas Act requirements when the project was approved in November 2022.
The court said it agreed in part....
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