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CENTER BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

No. 16-15946.

894 F.3d 1005 (2018)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; Pacific Environment; Turtle Island Restoration Network, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES; Fred P. Hochberg, in his official capacity as Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 28, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan Ridgely Cummings (argued), Center for Biological Diversity, Joshua Tree, California; Miyoko Sakashita and Emily S. Jeffers , Center for Biological Diversity, Oakland, California; Sarah Uhlemann , Center for Biological Diversity, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eric Allen Grant (argued) and Ellen J. Durkee , Attorneys; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Lauren T. Nguyen , Senior Counsel, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges, and James E. Gritzner, District Judge.

OPINION

In 2012, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (the Ex-Im Bank) authorized nearly $4.8 billion in financing for two liquid natural gas (LNG) projects in Queensland, Australia, near the Great Barrier Reef (the Projects). Plaintiffs-Appellants, environmental organizations, sued the Ex-Im Bank and its...

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