Louisiana reissues LNG plant permit after judge blocked it

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Louisiana reissued the coastal use permit for the Commonwealth LNG export facility in Cameron Parish .

A judge previously vacated the permit, citing insufficient review of climate and cumulative environmental impacts.

Updated analysis by the Office of Coastal Management found the project’s benefits outweigh community costs.

Critics, including the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, say the revised decision ignores local environmental concerns.

Louisiana regulators have reissued a permit for a liquefied natural gas plant in Cameron Parish after a court ruled that a previous environmental study had failed to adequately assess the project’s impacts on local ecosystems.

In October, Judge Penelope Richard of the 38th Judicial District Court in Cameron Parish vacated a coasta