Fish and Wildlife Service Comments on Environmental Issues Regarding Calais LNG Proposal
Posted on Dec 18, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Fish and Wildlife Service Comments on Environmental Issues Regarding Calais LNG Proposal
The Fish and Wildlife Service filed comments yesterday on a number of environmental issues raised by the Calais LNG project proposed for Washington County, Maine. The comments are available in Docket No. PF08-24 in FERC’s...
Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Broadwater Energy’s Appeal of New York State’s CZMA Consistency Objection
Posted on Dec 15, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Broadwater Energy’s Appeal of New York State’s CZMA Consistency Objection
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in today’s Federal Register that the Secretary of Commerce has stayed the closure of the decision record for Broadwater Energy’s appeal of the New York State Department of State’s objection to the LNG regasification terminal proposed for Long Island Sound in order to solicit more information on the...
TORP to Redesign LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
Posted on Dec 15, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TORP to Redesign LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
TORP Terminal LP announced Friday that it will refile its application for the Bienville LNG deepwater port terminal and plans to revise its design for the project to use ambient air instead of sea water to regasify imported LNG. The Mobile Press-Register reports that a number of local environmental activists are encouraged by the design...
Massachusetts to Require New Environmental Impact Report for Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Plan
Posted on Dec 12, 2008 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts to Require New Environmental Impact Report for Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Plan
EastBayRI.com reports that the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced this week that a new environmental impact report must be prepared to address additional environmental issues, such as additional dredging for a ship turning basin, raised by the revised plan for the Weaver’s Cove LNG regasification...
Local LNG Opponents React Favorably to Appointment of Activist by Incoming Ore. Attorney General
Posted on Dec 10, 2008 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local LNG Opponents React Favorably to Appointment of Activist by Incoming Ore. Attorney General
The Daily Astorian (Ore.) [subscription required] provides coverage of the favorable reaction by several local LNG opponents to the appointment of Brent Foster, Executive Director of the anti-LNG group Columbia Riverkeeper, to an environmental crimes enforcement and policy position by Oregon’s incoming Attorney General, John Kroger (D). Kroger had campaigned on an anti-LNG...
Ore. Attorney General Appoints Prominent LNG Opponent to Environmental Crimes Enforcement Position
Posted on Dec 9, 2008 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Ore. Attorney General Appoints Prominent LNG Opponent to Environmental Crimes Enforcement Position
The Oregonian reports that the incoming Oregon Attorney General, John Kroger (D), has appointed Brent Foster, an environmental attorney and head of the LNG opposition group Columbia Riverkeeper, to oversee enforcement of environmental crimes in the...