Healthy Gulf, et al v. FERC

  1. July 16, 2024

    DC Circ. Knocks La. Site FERC Order, Tosses LNG Export Row

    Two D.C. Circuit panels on Tuesday ruled the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission inadequately explained a failure to assess the significance of greenhouse gas emissions for proposed liquefied natural gas facilities in Louisiana, dismissing a challenge of approvals allowing a Texas project to send more of its LNG exports to nonfree trade agreement countries.

  2. February 12, 2024

    DC Circ. Probes FERC Review Of La. Natural Gas Terminal

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Monday questioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's refusal to formally characterize a Louisiana liquefied natural gas export terminal's contributions to climate change, with one judge indicating that regulators' reluctance to make determinations creates unnecessary challenges in deciding the project's fate.

  3. January 01, 2024

    DC Circuit Cases To Watch In 2024

    As the D.C. Circuit heads into 2024, its judges are poised to answer hotly anticipated political questions about former President Donald Trump and his allies, as well as a number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cases that could determine the future of certain natural gas projects.

  4. September 25, 2023

    La. LNG Project Developer Backs FERC Enviro Review

    The developer of a Louisiana liquefied natural gas export terminal urged the D.C. Circuit to reject conservation groups' challenge of its project approval, saying the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission properly evaluated the terminal's environmental impacts and was well within its authority to greenlight construction.

  5. September 11, 2023

    FERC Backs Its Enviro Review Of La. LNG Terminal In DC Circ.

    Federal energy regulators defended the approval of a Louisiana gas export terminal, arguing they did not have to gauge the development's climate change impact and showed the project's public benefit justified its environmental damage, according to a brief filed in the D.C. Circuit.