Fed Court Tells FERC to Redo Commonwealth LNG Export Approval

In November 2022, all five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including three Democrats, voted to approve an order allowing the proposed Commonwealth LNG export plant on the Calcasieu River in the Gulf of Mexico near Cameron, Louisiana to get built (see FERC Flips – Unanimously Approves La. Commonwealth LNG Terminal). On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC Circuit) didn't overturn the approval, but the court did order FERC to have another look at mythical (not able to be calculated) global warming factors before it can proceed to construction.

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