EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Unveils Bill To Help Shield Key Natural Gas Projects From ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuits

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a new bill Friday designed to limit liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects’ exposure to questionable legal challenges from eco-activists.

Cruz’s “Protect LNG Act of 2024” would limit the window in which issued LNG permits can be challenged to 90 days and ensure that judges can only remand challenged permits to the relevant agencies instead of unilaterally vacating them, among other steps to protect development of LNG export terminals. The bill is also being sponsored by Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn.

“Texas energy producers have made the United States the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world and have created jobs for thousands of Texans,” Cruz said in a statement shared with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. “However, fringe environmental groups and politicized courts are threatening those successes, and in the process endangering the development of energy projects across the United States. The Protect LNG Act protects energy producers from these attacks.”

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