LNG Export Project at Center of Controversy Is Set for Vote (1)

Federal regulators are set to decide the fate of a long-stalled natural gas export project that has been at the center of a political firestorm over climate change and energy policy.

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1216765D%20US%20Equity/CN","_id":"00000190-3af9-d497-a7fb-fefdc7290000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Venture Global LNG Inc.’s massive export project CP2 in Louisiana is set for a vote by the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/9904743Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000190-3af9-d497-a7fb-fefdc7290001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its June 27 meeting, according to the posted agenda.

Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG plant in Cameron, Louisiana.

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The project, which has been the subject of protests from environmentalist <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000190-3af9-d497-a7fb-fefdc72b0000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Bill McKibben and other climate activists, has been pending more than 10 months before the independent regulatory agency, making it one of the longest to ...