The gas traps against the whales
March 2026
Nuestro Futuro filed an amparo lawsuit, arguing that the AMIGO LNG (liquefied natural gas) project should not obtain environmental approvals because of the lack of information about the risks it poses to whales and to all forms of life in the Gulf of California.
May 20, 2026
The Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (ASEA) declared before the judge that, up to that point, it had not granted any permit to the project.
May 27, 2026
A federal judge recognizes Nuestro Futuro's arguments and orders the definitive suspension of environmental approvals until the lawsuit is resolved.
Essentially, no Mexican authority can grant environmental permits to the AMIGO LNG project while the lawsuit remains open.
July 2026
Citizens and communities celebrated the decision; the fight against gas projects in the Gulf of California was gaining strength.
Late August 2026
The organizations and collectives of the Whales or Gas? coalition learned that, in the U.S., AMIGO LNG had renewed its request to that country's Department of Energy (DOE) to extend its gas export deadlines.
Among the information submitted to justify its request, it stated that it holds an environmental approval for AMIGO, dated April 13, 2026, issued by ASEA. *
How is it possible that AMIGO holds an environmental authorization granted by ASEA, when in May the federal courts had prohibited it and ASEA had denied its existence?
Could it be that ASEA lied to the judge when it testified under oath?
did both ASEA and AMIGO LNG, knowing that any environmental authorization was suspended and that community resistance was growing, alter the date of the environmental authorization in order to push the project forward?
Either way, we are facing a serious case of irregularities. There are two possibilities:
ASEA and AMIGO LNG, aware of the suspension, decided to backdate the authorization and keep it from the public.
or else,ASEA and its officials lied to the judge, which constitutes a serious crime.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects are not only a threat to whales and to all forms of life: they lay traps for the whales along a path marked by serious irregularities.
* Environmental approval which, as of this date, has NOT been fully disclosed to us and, in any event, is not yet final.*