A federal appeals court has dismissed an effort by environmental groups to challenge a Department of Energy gas export approval for a planned Alaska terminal.
In a 12-page decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with DOE and a 2023 order from the department.
DOE’s order affirmed a Trump-era approval from 2020 that authorized liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the proposed Alaska LNG project to countries that don’t have a free trade agreement with the United States.
Environmental groups argued in October that DOE’s review of the Alaska LNG proposal under the National Environmental Policy Act was “uneven” and included uncertainties about the project’s climate risk, while finding the project would be economically positive.
