In South Texas, opponents say planned natural gas export facility’s carbon capture promises are “greenwashing”

Activists protest against a planned LNG export terminal near Port Isabel. NextDecade claims the terminal will be the "greenest in the world," but opponents say its carbon capture plans will negate only a tiny fraction of its climate impact. (Credit: Gaige Davila/Floodlight)

This story is a collaboration between Floodlight and DeSmog UK.

PORT ISABEL — As the Mexican Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, festivities drew to a close, Dina Nuñez called to order a meeting of female grassroots activists in a modest home in the heart of Port Isabel. Top of her agenda: how to stop a Houston-based oil and gas company from building a $10 billion project to export liquefied natural gas on a nearby stretch of coast.