Court Vacates FERC’s LNG Approvals Due To ‘Severity’ Of NEPA Flaws

In a first-time ruling, a federal appellate court is vacating Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approvals for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, finding the “severity of the flaws” in FERC’s second effort to complete the projects’ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews, including its assessment of environmental justice (EJ) and climate change impacts, warrants such action. In a unanimous Aug. 6 opinion in City of Port Isabel, et al., v. FERC, et al. , a three-judge panel of the...