"Federal regulators on Thursday approved a Louisiana liquefied natural gas project that has been a lightning rod for environmental activists and an energy policy litmus test for President Joe Biden's administration.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 2-1 to allow construction and operation of the Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG plant and a related, 85-mile-long (137 km) pipeline. Outgoing FERC Commissioner Allison Clements cast the dissenting vote.

"These projects will have enormous emissions of greenhouse gases, equivalent to putting more than 1.8 million new gas-fueled cars on the road each year" Clements said.
The multibillion-dollar export plant proposed by Venture Global LNG would supply 20 million metric tons a year of the superchilled gas to customers in Europe, Japan, China and to U.S. exporters."

Curtis Williams and Tim McLaughlin report for Reuters June 27, 2024. [2]