Longshoremen’s Representative Urges Wharves Board to Support Pelican Island LNG Terminal

The Galveston Daily News reports that Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas on Monday was sworn in as city council representative on the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves. A longshoremen’s union representative, Ted O’Rourke, urged the board to support BP’s Pelican Island LNG terminal, which he says will boost the local economy by bringing new jobs. A Galveston resident has attempted to halt the proposed terminalby filinglawsuit against the Wharves Board. [Free registration necessary]

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