FERC Releases Environmental Assessment for Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Expansion
Posted on Dec 12, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases Environmental Assessment for Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Expansion
The proposed expansion of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline will not have significant environmental impacts if certain mitigating measures are implemented, according to the environmental assessment issued yesterday by FERC. The pipeline would transport regasified LNG originating from the Canaport LNG terminal, currently under construction in New Brunswick, Canada, to U.S....
Op-ed: NorthernStar’s Salmon Mitigation Plan Does Not Enhance Existing Protection
Posted on Dec 12, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: NorthernStar’s Salmon Mitigation Plan Does Not Enhance Existing Protection
A member of the local environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper argues that NorthernStar Natural Gas’ plan to mitigate potential adverse impacts on salmon from the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal offers little more protection than pre-existing programs. She contends that most of NorthernStar’s proposed financial commitment of up to $59 million over approximately 30...
Weaver’s Cove Critics Oppose Permit Applications
Posted on Dec 12, 2006 in Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Critics Oppose Permit Applications
During a public hearing convened last night by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, local residents and politicians voiced their opposition to requests by Weaver’s Cove Energy and Mill River Pipeline, LLC to permit channel dredging and construction of the FERC-approved Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal and an associated gas pipeline. Some attendees expressed...
Editorial: Regulatory Review Process for Broadwater DEIS is Limited
Posted on Dec 11, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Regulatory Review Process for Broadwater DEIS is Limited
The Day argues that independent researchers’ recent criticism highlights flaws in the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Broadwater LNG terminal, but says that “there is little room in the law for a thorough peer review of the science that went into the report, or for Connecticut’s point of view on its impact on [Long Island]...
Scientists Criticize Broadwater’s Draft EIS
Posted on Dec 8, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Scientists Criticize Broadwater’s Draft EIS
FERC’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for Broadwater Energy’s proposed LNG terminal is deficient, according to four scientists who spoke yesterday before Connecticut’s Long Island Sound LNG Task Force. State Sen. Andrea Stillman, vice chair of the Task Force, said the scientists confirmed the committee’s belief that FERC failed to support the...
LNG Critic Demands Referendum in the Bahamas
Posted on Dec 7, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Critic Demands Referendum in the Bahamas
A local environmental activist again has called on the Bahamian government to gauge public support for developing the country’s LNG industry by holding a referendum. ReEarth president Sam Duncombe reportedly collected 5,000 signatures for an anti-LNG petition to demonstrate that many voters do not support this type of industrial growth. The Bahama Journal has the...