Louisiana reissues LNG plant permit after judge blocked it
Alton Wallace | November 27, 2025 | 8:43pmLouisiana regulators have reissued a permit on a liquefied natural gas plant in Cameron Parish after a court ruled that a previous environmental study had failed to adequately assess the project’s impacts on local ecosystems.
In October, Judge Penelope Richard of the 38th Judicial District Court in Cameron Parish vacated a coastal use permit issued on the Commonwealth LNG export facility, which would be located on a 393-acre site less than a mile from the entrance to the Gulf on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel.
The judge ruled on Oct. 23 that state authorities failed to adequately consider the project’s secondary and cumulative environmental effects, specifically the “impact on climate-related change in the coastal zone.” Other large-scale export facilities located along the Calcasieu Ship Channel include Calcasieu LNG and Cameron LNG, and two more are under construction.
In an 86-page Revised Basis of Decision issued on Nov. 18, Office of Coastal Management staff wrote that the agency did not agree with the court's judgment but also noted the agency had revised and updated the environmental analysis of the project before reissuing the permit. State officials determined “the benefits of this project outweigh the costs to the community.” . . .
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/louisiana-reissues-lng-plant-permit-after-judge-blocked-it
This area is becoming quite the mecca of LNG exporting. There's at least one LNG terminal on the Texas side of this channel as well.
