Federal Court Sends Louisiana LNG Terminal Project Back to Regulators

If approved, the project is expected to begin shipping 9.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year from Cameron, Louisiana.

A liquefied natural gas tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on April 14, 2022. Marcy de Luna/Reuters

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.