German environmental groups are urging FERC to deny authorization for Venture Global LNG Inc.’s CP2 LNG project, calling a further buildout of U.S. export capacity a threat to each country’s climate goals.

In letters addressed to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Willie Phillips, 17 groups requested commissioners consider the Louisiana project’s impact on Calcasieu Parish communities. They also pushed back against the idea that projects like CP2 would be required to meet Germany’s energy needs following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

“Several studies and analyses clearly show that the German plans for LNG import terminals – which are also pushing U.S. LNG export terminals’ plans such as CP2 – are massively oversized and threaten to torpedo our...