Louisiana regulators have reissued a permit for a multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas terminal less than a month after a state judge ruled they had failed to consider the impacts of climate change and environmental justice, a judgement described as a first-of-its-kind.

The permit allows Commonwealth LNG, the Houston-based company planning the gas export facility in Cameron Parish, to move forward with its project. The Nov. 18 permit dismayed environmental groups and advocates, who saw the judge's previous order as a marginal win against the rapid industrial expansion in southwest Louisiana.

Commonwealth is one of more than a dozen LNG export terminals existing, approved or proposed in Louisiana, which has become the global epicenter of the industry. The technology at these mas

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