'Environmental Justice Nightmare': FERC Approves Major LNG Export Terminal Despite Biden Pause

In what the Sunrise Movement called a 'disastrous decision,' the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 2-1 on Thursday to approve a certification for Venture Global's controversial Calcasieu Pass 2 liquefied natural gas terminal. The approval comes despite the fact that the company's first Calcasieu Pass terminal violated its air pollution permits more than 2,000 times during its first year in operation.

, outgoing Democratic Commissioner Allison Clements, justified her decision in part due to the project's potential to harm its neighbors. 'The commission has not adequately addressed the project's environmental and socioeconomic impacts, including adverse impacts on environmental justice communities,' Clements said. Following the vote, frontline leaders vowed to keep fighting the plant's construction. 'We refuse to sink. We are going to fight them here.

is a rogue agency that does not care about communities,' she said. 'But who can do something while we are here is this administration. We need to continue to put pressure on the Department of Energy.' The DOE announced a pause on LNG export approvals in January while it revises the agency's criteria for what constitutes an export decision in the public interest. Since then, environmental advocates have called for the pause to be made permanent.

has always been a rubber stamp for new gas export facilities—that's why we zeroed in on getting the Department of Energy to pause new export licenses and do a proper assessment,' Henn wrote on social media. 'With today's shameful decision, pressure is on POTUS and DOE to do the right thing.' Kelsey Crane, senior policy advocate at Earthworks, said: '

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