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Plaquemines LNG expansion fast-tracked under Trump energy emergency

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted fast-tracked permitting for a $18bn expansion of the Plaquemines LNG export terminal in Louisiana, reducing the public comment period from 30 to 10 days. Environmental groups warn the project could damage 470 acres of wetlands, exacerbating coastal erosion in a region already losing land to rising seas.