Louisiana judge halts key LNG project permit | New Orleans CityBusiness

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A Louisiana judge vacated a key permit for Commonwealth LNG , halting construction pending a state climate review.

The ruling marks the first court decision voiding an LNG permit over climate impact concerns.

State regulators must now assess environmental and community impacts in Cameron Parish .

Louisiana’s attorney general plans to appeal, calling the decision “climate activism.”

A Louisiana judge has tossed out a key permit for a liquefied natural gas facility that won approval from President Donald Trump’s administration, ordering a state review of how the facility’s planet-warming emissions would affect Gulf Coast communities vulnerable to sea-level rise and extreme weather.

Last week, a judge from Louisiana’s 38th Judicial District Court effectively halted