Jordan Cove Energy Project and the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline can’t skirt the permits Oregon denied, the federal government affirmed Monday. A Canadian company wants to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. (Photo by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons) (CN) — Another death knell sounded Monday for the controversial natural gas pipeline and export terminal proposed by a Canadian company for southern Oregon. The U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday upheld Oregon’s denial of a key permit in the project — a consistency review under the Coastal Zone Management Act. That could be game over for the project, since its main federal permit, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Authority in March last year, requires the Canadian company behind the project to obtain all necessary state permits before beginning construction.