Radical Sierra Club Tries to Block Driftwood LNG in 5th Circuit

Driftwood LNG, a 27.6 million tonnes of LNG per year facility that will cost on the order of $16.8 billion to build, has not made an official final investment decision (FID) to proceed with building the FERC-approved project. However, construction began on the project in March 2022 (see Tellurian Begins Construction of Driftwood LNG with No FID). The EPC for the project is Bechtel Energy. Bechtel’s initial activities include demolition, civil site preparation, and construction of critical foundations. The Sierra Club, a radicalized organization rumored to be funded in part by Russian money, is trying to stop construction by claiming in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that a permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers is unlawful.

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