Community and environmental groups are suing Louisiana to block approvals for a massive liquefied natural gas export project.
In a petition filed Thursday in state court, Healthy Gulf and other groups claimed the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources violated its “constitutional, statutory and regulatory duties” when it approved coastal use permits for the Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG project, or CP2, as well as a more than 80-mile gas pipeline associated with the facility.
The groups asked the court to toss out approvals for the CP2 proposal, which would export 20 million metric tons of gas overseas per year from Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana.
The region “is home to some of Louisiana’s most important coastal resources, like protective wetlands and chenier habitats, and it is already saturated with oil and gas development,” said Elizabeth Calderon, a senior attorney at Earthjustice representing CP2’s challengers.
