The US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, has rejected 11 environmental challenges to Venture Global’s CP2 LNG terminal. The challenges, raised under the Natural Gas Act and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), included air pollution, climate effects, impacts to commercial fishing and public-interest determinations.
Construction for the terminal was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in 2024. The $28 billion (€24 billion) CP2 LNG terminal is based in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and includes the associated 85-mile-long CP Express pipeline that will run through Louisiana and Texas. It is designed to produce around 28 million tonnes of LNG annually, with site equipment including two marine loading berths, four storage tanks and 36 modular liquification trains.
FERC’s initial review of the terminal project included extensive environmental analysis in compliance with the NEPA, resulting in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Supplemental EIS (SEIS). Both assessments concluded that, with recommended mitigation measures, the project’s environmental impacts would not be significant.
The appeals court decision was made on 25 August 2026. On 26 August 2026, Venture Global submitted an environmental document to FERC for the CP2 LNG Expansion Project, which seeks to add 11.7 million tonnes of annual capacity to the terminal.
