COURT AGREES WITH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS LACK STANDING TO CHALLENGE DEEPWATER PORT

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday denied a petition for review in a legal challenge to the Maritime Administration's issuance of a deepwater port license to Delfin LNG. In denying the petition, the court held that three environmental groups failed to establish standing. The court did not rule on the merits of the case because the petitioners did not show any injury that might be traced to the challenged project.

"This project is an important part of the President's energy dominance agenda, as evidenced by the President's directives to the Maritime Administration about this project in hi...