Conservation Groups Drop Alaska LNG Environmental Review Case

Environmental groups are letting go of their challenge to federal reviews of how a liquefied natural gas project in Alaska will affect local endangered species.

The unopposed voluntary dismissal motion was filed Tuesday with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

• The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club in May 2024 sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service for allegedly inadequate environmental analyses
• They claimed the agencies didn’t fully examine or mitigate the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. project’s effects on polar bears and species of whales
• The groups moved for dismissal ...