EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Looks To Shield Key Gas Projects From Activist Lawsuits

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation Wednesday that would provide protections for liquefied natural gas (LNG) developments against lawsuits that threaten the projects.

The Protect LNG Act of 2025 — also sponsored by Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Tim Scott of South Carolina — would ensure that federal courts cannot vacate previously-authorized LNG permits, send lawsuits against LNG facilities to federal courts in the jurisdictions in which the developments are located and establish a 90-day window for legal challenges against permits to be filed, according to the bill’s text. Environmental activist groups have consistently sued to block LNG facilities in recent years, and the Biden administration unilaterally paused approvals for new LNG export terminals in January 2024.

“American ⚡Energy has the ability to metaphorically and literally power the world, and Texas is the lead exporter of U.S. LNG. Those achievements have been under attack by fringe environmental groups, who use and are enabled by politicized courts,” Cruz said in a statement shared with the DCNF. “This legislation counters such attacks, and I’m proud to lead the fight to protect ⚡Energy producers, the jobs they create in Texas, and America’s