Two tribes are at odds over whether a liquefied natural gas export project in Texas should get built, after a court tossed out its federal approval last month.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas has long opposed NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG terminal, joining litigation that argued the project would harm local communities and public health. But the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas says the project would create thousands of jobs and drive economic development.
The debate has intensified in recent weeks.
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ordered the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider how the project could harm disadvantaged communities. That decision came in response to a lawsuit from the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe, the Sierra Club and the city of Port Isabel.
