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A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected two cases brought by the Sierra Club in its effort to thwart exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, the door is still open to new and ongoing challenges.

FERC misunderstood the limits of its jurisdiction and failed to “engage in reasonable forecasting” when it did not consider whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports would induce increased gas production, the Sierra Club said in a newly filed challenge to the Commission’s approval of Cameron LNG LLC’s Louisiana export terminal.

The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) filed in September by an environmental group that alleged the regulatory agency failed to comply with the state’s public records law during the investigation of a Youngstown-based oil and gas company.

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has allowed itself “to be co-opted by industry interests on the issue of hydraulic fracturing [fracking] for shale gas,” and does not speak for local communities on the issue, representatives of 67 grassroots organizations said Wednesday.

Four environmental groups have filed suit against the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeking to reduce the amount of drilling approved for Gasco Energy Inc. in Utah’s remote Uinta Basin shale formation.

The climax of a three-day “Stop the Frack Attack” anti-hydraulic fracturing (fracking) rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday had been advertised by its organizers as an event that would bring “thousands of people from across the U.S. and around the globe” to protest the practice.

Speaking at the City Club of Cleveland last Friday, the head of the American Petroleum Institute (API) said the state of Ohio is experiencing an energy “rebirth” as a result of the surge in shale gas development and that it could be a game changer for jobs and economic growth in the state.

Looking for a back door into the dispute over exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Sierra Club has attacked FERC’s environmental review of the proposed Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC facilities, saying it failed to consider the impact on shale development and domestic gas prices.

Looking for a back door into the dispute over exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the Sierra Club has attacked FERC’s environmental review of the proposed Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC facilities, saying it failed to consider the impact on shale development and domestic gas prices.