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Our story on the controversial LNG development:
January 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A Sierra Club and Greenpeace report estimates that air pollution from currently operating LNG facilities nationwide causes $957 million in health costs and 60 premature deaths a year.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 26, 2024 at 11:03 PM
A Sierra Club and Greenpeace report estimates that air pollution from currently operating LNG facilities nationwide causes $957 million in health costs and 60 premature deaths a year.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
January 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The controversial LNG plant is replacing 984 acres of wetlands northeast of Brownsville in the sensitive Laguna Madre area, a crucial habitat for migratory birds and ocelots separated from the Gulf by the Padre barrier island.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Featured story: The LNG plant is replacing 984 acres of wetlands northeast of Brownsville in the sensitive Laguna Madre area, a crucial habitat for migratory birds and ocelots separated from the Gulf by the Padre barrier island.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
January 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Featured story: The LNG plant is replacing 984 acres of wetlands northeast of Brownsville in the sensitive Laguna Madre area, a crucial habitat for migratory birds and ocelots separated from the Gulf by the Padre barrier island.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
January 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NextDecade begins pre-filing process to expand Rio Grande LNG project reut.rs/3JVNXE5
NextDecade begins pre-filing process to expand Rio Grande LNG project
NextDecade Corp said on Monday it has started the U.S. regulatory pre-filing process to add a sixth liquefaction unit and an extra marine berth at its Rio Grande liquefied natural gas project in Texas, with a full application expected in 2026.
reut.rs
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New from @gaigedavila.bsky.social: Neighbors feel betrayed as the mayor, county judge, and other politicians go to bat for a controversial liquefied natural gas developer, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM
The very first sentence on the website of an LNG facility claims it is "sustainable energy."

"To meet global demand for sustainable energy, NextDecade is constructing the first three liquefaction trains (Phase 1) at Rio Grande LNG in Brownsville, Texas."

Sustainable?
Rio Grande LNG - NextDecade
Rio Grande LNG is expected to produce a lower carbon intensive LNG for the world. Once complete, it will be capable of producing 27 million metric tonnes of low carbon intensive LNG.
www.next-decade.com
October 31, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, NextDecade, General Motors, Delta Air Lines & more
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tesla, NextDecade, General Motors, Delta Air Lines & more
Here are some of the stocks making headlines in midday trading.
cnb.cx
April 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NextDecade secures $1.8 billion from TotalEnergies, GIP for Rio Grande LNG project reut.rs/4mBP1un
NextDecade secures $1.8 billion from TotalEnergies, GIP for Rio Grande LNG project
U.S. liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade will receive up to $1.8 billion in equity commitments from TotalEnergies and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to finance a fourth liquefaction plant at its Rio Grande LNG export project in Texas, the company said on Monday.
reut.rs
August 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"Rio Grande LNG has withdrawn a proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) project and requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) terminate the proceeding."

Doesn't work & really expensive is usually a good reason to abandon a technology. And they have.
NextDecade Scraps Rio Grande LNG CCS Project
NextDecade said its carbon capture and storage project at the Rio Grande LNG facility is not sufficiently developed, Chairman and CEO Matt Schatzman said.
finance.yahoo.com
August 21, 2024 at 12:47 PM
NextDecade greenlights Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG export project in Texas reut.rs/3HTji9r
NextDecade greenlights Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG export project in Texas
U.S. liquefied natural gas producer NextDecade said on Tuesday it has reached a positive final investment decision for the fourth liquefaction plant, known as a train, of its Rio Grande export project in Texas.
reut.rs
September 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Plans for a massive Rio Grande LNG export terminal along the Texas Gulf Coast have drawn criticism from environmental groups, Native American tribes and others.

Developer NextDecade is now seeking support from influential allies to advance the project.
Brownsville elected officials are doing PR for embattled LNG megaproject
The mayor, county judge and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
buff.ly
January 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
TotalEnergies CEO says NextDecade to announce FID on Rio Grande LNG train on Tuesday, CNBC reports reut.rs/46e6Ysi
TotalEnergies CEO says NextDecade to announce FID on Rio Grande LNG train on Tuesday, CNBC reports
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said that U.S. liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, in which Total holds a stake, will announce a final investment decision on an additional liquefaction unit at its Rio Grande LNG project later on Tuesday, in an interview with CNBC.
reut.rs
September 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: NextDecade, Cheniere, Micron, Rivian, APA & more
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: NextDecade, Cheniere, Micron, Rivian, APA & more
Here are some of the stocks making headlines in midday trading.
cnb.cx
March 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
NextDecade reaches positive FID on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG project reut.rs/43mkbP2
NextDecade reaches positive FID on Train 5 at Rio Grande LNG project
U.S. liquefied natural gas producer NextDecade said on Thursday it had reached a positive final investment decision (FID) on the fifth liquefaction plant, known as a train, of its Rio Grande export project in Texas.
reut.rs
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Why pay a PR firm when you can just get elected officials to do your work for you.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 24, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Calling the CCS bluff.

“NextDecade either needs to show how CCS would work, and then FERC can evaluate the pros and cons. Or, I suppose, NextDecade could say that it won’t work,” Matthews said in an interview with Gas Outlook in mid-August.
August 26, 2024 at 5:14 PM
NextDecade secures $1.8 billion funding from TotalEnergies, GIP for Rio Grande LNG project reut.rs/45RF7yb
NextDecade secures $1.8 billion funding from TotalEnergies, GIP for Rio Grande LNG project
U.S. liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade will receive up to $1.8 billion in equity commitments from TotalEnergies and Global Infrastructure Partners to finance a fourth liquefaction plant at its Rio Grande LNG export project in Texas, the company said on Monday in a regulatory filing.
reut.rs
August 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The controversial LNG development faces a lawsuit filed by the City of Port Isabel, the Sierra Club, the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, and Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera, a group of residents from Port Isabel and Laguna Heights, a neighboring colonia.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Great thread on how NextDecade is shaping the information environment in south Texas.

Also illustrates why it's vital to have sharp reporters like Gaige who know their community and watchdog public officials
For the @texasobserver.org:
NextDecade, the company developing Rio Grande LNG, has helped Brownsville and Cameron County officials draft op-eds and media statements by writing them outright or furnishing talking points.
Brownsville Elected Officials Are Doing PR for Embattled LNG Megaproject
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
www.texasobserver.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:01 PM