US firm NextDecade's proposed 27mn t/yr Rio Grande LNG export facility and a related natural gas pipeline prevailed today against a lawsuit that challenged water permits for the project. The US Army Corps of Engineers had chosen the "least environmentally damaging" option when it approved the project's water permits, a three-judge panel on 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today. The federal appeals court also found regulators did not act arbitrarily when evaluating the effects of building the natural gas export project. The proposed LNG project would be located at a site near Brownsville, Texas. The project ... (full story)