Center for Biological Diversity, et al v. DOE

  1. March 18, 2024

    Energy Dept. Says Alaska LNG Review Passes Legal Muster

    The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday defended its reapproval of a $43 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, telling the D.C. Circuit that its additional environmental review sufficiently considered the climate change impacts of the controversial project.

  2. January 01, 2024

    DC Circuit Cases To Watch In 2024

    As the D.C. Circuit heads into 2024, its judges are poised to answer hotly anticipated political questions about former President Donald Trump and his allies, as well as a number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cases that could determine the future of certain natural gas projects.

  3. December 18, 2023

    Alaska LNG Enviro Review Still Lacking, DC Circ. Told

    The U.S. Department of Energy continues to unlawfully discount the climate change harms associated with a $43 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska despite performing a supplemental environmental review, environmental groups told the D.C. Circuit.

  4. September 11, 2023

    Exxon, ConocoPhillips Move To Defend Alaska LNG Export Site

    Developers behind a $43 billion gas export complex in Alaska, including ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to let them defend a federal government review of the project's climate change effects from a challenge by environmental groups.

  5. August 11, 2023

    Enviros Say DOE Still Can't Justify Alaska LNG Exports

    Environmental groups on Friday restarted their legal challenge of the U.S. Department of Energy allowing exports from a roughly $43 billion liquefied natural gas project in Alaska, claiming the agency's additional environmental review still shirks the project's climate change impacts.