Environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Department of Energy’s export authorization for a major gas export terminal in Louisiana.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and Earthjustice said in a statement that the lawsuit is based on DOE’s “insubstantial analysis” of how exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) affect U.S. energy prices — and a “failure to consider” life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
NRDC is co-counsel with Earthjustice representing the Sierra Club, the groups said. The filing was made in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By approving Venture Global’s CP2 LNG export project, DOE is “adding to the glut of exports that will drive up consumer prices and lock in decades more of fossil fuel reliance around the globe,” said Nathan Matthews, a senior attorney at Earthjustice, in a statement. “This is a clear example of an energy project that is not in the public interest.”
