Environmentalists sued to stop a liquified natural gas export project in Alaska, claiming it would harm bears and whales.
in considering a planned liquified natural gas project in Alaska and failing to consider the harm to polar bear and whale populations in the area.was filed in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club, which requested the court invalidate the administration’s approval of the Alaska LNG Project, originally granted last year.
Once completed, the $38.7 billion Alaska LNG Project will consist of several compressor stations and an 807-mile pipeline bisecting much ofIt would also allow the Alaska Gasoline Development Corporation to ship roughly 30 million metric tons of gas abroad per year. “The rubber-stamp approval of the Alaska LNG project was reckless in many ways,” Sierra Club Alaska Chapter Director Andrea Feinger said in a statement. “The project will be devastating to vulnerable wildlife already struggling to face the catastrophic impacts of climate change.”whose population has declined by 75% since 1970, petitioners said.
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