South Texas city takes FERC to court over Houston co.’s massive LNG complex

The coastal city of Port Isabel, the Sierra Club and local advocates are suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an effort to stop the construction of the largest of three liquefied natural gas facilities proposed at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas.

Weeks after FERC rejected a request that it reconsider its authorization of Houston-based NextDecade Corp.’s proposed LNG processing plant, Port Isabel is asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn that decision and stop the…