Long Island Environmental Group Plans Anti-Broadwater Concert
Posted on Jun 26, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Long Island Environmental Group Plans Anti-Broadwater Concert
The Citizens Campaign for the Environment is planning a concert on July 7 in an amphitheater provided by the town of Brookhaven, N.Y., to raise awareness for global climate change and the group’s campaign against the proposed Broadwater LNG regasification terminal. Read more...
Anti-LNG Activists Honored by City
Posted on Jun 25, 2007 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Anti-LNG Activists Honored by City
Yesterday the City of Malibu, Calif., honored three anti-LNG activists with commendations from the City for “successfully fighting” BHP Billiton’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal off the coast of Malibu. The awards were presented at the Malipalooza festival. Read more in the Malibu Arts...
Federal Court Upholds Zoning Amendment Prohibiting LNG Terminals in Sensitive Coastal Areas
Posted on Jun 25, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Court Upholds Zoning Amendment Prohibiting LNG Terminals in Sensitive Coastal Areas
A U.S. District Court on Friday upheld an amendment to the Baltimore County Zoning Regulations that prohibits the construction of LNG terminals in environmentally sensitive coastal areas of Chesapeake Bay. In its opinion, the Court said that the amendment “is not preempted by the Natural Gas Act and is within the delegated authority of the State of Maryland and Baltimore County...
Maine BEP Schedules Hearings on Downeast LNG Proposal
Posted on Jun 22, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maine BEP Schedules Hearings on Downeast LNG Proposal
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection has scheduled a series of public hearings on the proposed Downeast LNG terminal as well as on the surrounding pipeline infrastructure. The hearings are open to the public and will feature testimony from Downeast LNG representatives and legally-recognized intervenors including Save Passamaquoddy Bay, We Take Care of Our Land, Fishermen’s...
Daily Letters to the Editor
Posted on Jun 18, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Daily Letters to the Editor
Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) (opposed to LNG proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay) [Subscription required]
Op-Ed: LNG Imports and Carbon Emissions Control Not Compatible
Posted on Jun 14, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: LNG Imports and Carbon Emissions Control Not Compatible
An op-ed in the Ventura County Star [free registration required] asserts that the state of California is attempting to pursue two opposing policies: diversifying natural gas supplies through the importation of LNG and working to reduce carbon emissions. The author notes that the California Coastal Commission cited greenhouse gas emissions in its rejection of the Cabrillo Port LNG...