We won a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which canceled the permits for LNG projects due to a lack of environmental justice and climate impact review. FERC is now reconsidering the permits and seeking public comments. We must make our voices heard on this critical issue.  

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should reject the proposed Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, and Rio Bravo Pipeline permits because of tremendous opposition to these LNG projects. The communities of South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, Long Island Village, and Laguna Heights oppose the LNG projects because they would destroy wildlife habitat, damage the fishing and shrimping economy, and threaten public safety.

The FERC is taking public comments until October 15 to prepare a draft supplemental environmental impact statement – a document that should analyze the impacts of LNG on the community and environment. The public can submit comments to the FERC by October 15 at 4:00 PM, telling the regulator their concerns with the LNG projects and urging them to deny the application permits. Here’s a link to the notice– please submit a comment to FERC by filling out the column on the right of this form. In the comment, residents should also demand that FERC host a public hearing about the dangerous impacts of the projects and provide Spanish interpretation and translation for the community.

If built, the LNG projects would bulldoze habitat and lands that are sacred to the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribal Nation to build massive storage tanks, flare stacks, and pipelines that span over 2,000 acres next door to Port Isabel and along the Brownsville ship channel. These LNG projects would be the largest sources of pollution in the Rio Grande Valley, emitting harmful pollutants such as volatile organic compounds and greenhouse gases that impact respiratory health and the climate.

Texas LNG plans to bulldoze a Native historic site called “Garcia Pasture,” which contains ancestral burial sites, villages, and artifacts that are sacred to the Eso’k Gna (Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas). Garcia Pasture is also recognized by the National Park Service and designed as an endangered site by the World Monuments Fund. FERC should not permit the Texas LNG project because it would allow the LNG company to destroy part of the community’s ancestral heritage nor Rio Grande LNG because the lands are sacred to the Tribe. We also demand that the FERC consult with the Esto’k Gna.

Tell FERC by October 15 that they must thoroughly review the LNG projects' environmental justice and climate impacts and deny these LNG permits.

*Petition is by the South Texas Environmental Justice Network. Click to follow us on Facebook or Instagram.

Proposed Rio Grande LNG and Texas LNG sites in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.