Environmental group plans to sue bank funding PNG LNG project | Pacific Beat

Environmental group plans to sue bank funding PNG LNG project

Environmental group plans to sue bank funding PNG LNG project

Posted 12 March 2010, 10:05 AEST

An organisation fighting to protect endangered sea turtles is suing the U-S Export Import Bank for failing to analyse the environmental impacts of a Liquefied Natural Gas project in Papua New Guinea.

The U-S Export Import Bank is a Government agency, and is providing $3 billion in financing to ExxonMobil and partners for the LNG project. But Turtle Island Restoration Network says there hasn't been appropriate investigation of environmental impacts as required under the U. S. Endangered Species Act.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts

Speaker: Teri Shore, Turtle Island Restoration Network

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