Sierra Club Gets Desperate, Sues DOE to Stop Cove Point LNG
The Sierra Club is one of the worst, most radical Big Green groups in existence. We sincerely hope you never give them a penny of your money. They don’t care a whit about the environment–they only care about feeding the beast, money for their own organization. One way to do that is to keep your name in the news constantly. And a way to do that is by filing frivolous lawsuits. The Sierra Club has been railing against the Cove Point LNG export facility being built by Dominion for years (see Sierra Club Files Objection to Cove Point LNG Export Facility and Sierra Club, Others Trash Talk Cove Point LNG Export Terminal). As we previously reported in March, the facility is a quarter done (see Cove Point LNG Export Plant Now 24% Complete, Rapid Progress). There is no stopping it. But the odious Sierra Clubbers continue to try. The Sierra Club formally filed a petition with the Dept. of Energy asking the DOE to re-hear (and reconsider) their decision to allow Cove Point to export LNG for 20 years. In April the DOE rejected the request (see DOE Rejects Sierra Club’s Request to Re-Hear Cove Point Decision). So now the Sierra Club is taking the DOE to court to challenge their decision to allow Cove Point exports…
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