Environmental Groups Challenge Alaska Natural Gas Project (1)

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club sued the Department of Energy for approving exports from an Alaska LNG project designed to transport gas from the state to Asia.

The environmental groups on Aug. 11 challenged the Energy Department’s order authorizing Alaska LNG Project LLC to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries.

The organizations are also seeking review in the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit of the department’s order denying rehearing. The agency’s order affirmed and amended a previous one.

The more than 800-mile pipeline proposed by Alaska Gasline ...