Caterpillar and U.S. Chamber Oppose LNG Export Restrictions
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Caterpillar and U.S. Chamber Oppose LNG Export Restrictions
Caterpillar, based in Peoria, Illinois, released a statement that it opposed limitations on LNG exports because they would discourage economic growth and be counterproductive to U.S. efforts to keep other countries from embracing similar policies. John Murphy, Vice President for International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, writes in Politico that companies should be free to...
Dow Chemical Files Comments with DOE Opposing LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Dow Chemical Files Comments with DOE Opposing LNG Exports
Dow Chemical filed comments today in response to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) commissioned macroeconomic study by NERA Economic Consulting. Reiterating its prior public positions, Dow urges the DOE to take a go-slow approach on LNG exports, arguing that U.S. manufacturing jobs and economic growth are at stake with DOE’s decisions. Dow specifically challenges NERA’s...
Former Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Supports LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on Former Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Supports LNG Exports
Edward G. Rendell, the Democratic former Governor of Pennsylvania, submitted a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu in support of LNG exports and urging DOE to approve the pending applications to export...
U.S. Senators Support Increased LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 24, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Trade Restrictions | Comments Off on U.S. Senators Support Increased LNG Exports
Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and freshman Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) sent letters to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chu urging DOE to approve additional exports of...
More Groups Voice Support for LNG Exports
Posted on Jan 23, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on More Groups Voice Support for LNG Exports
America’s Natural Gas Alliance released a statement today supporting LNG exports, and late last week the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, the Montana, Ohio and Oklahoma Chambers of Commerce, and others filed comments at the U.S. Department of Energy supporting exports of domestically produced...
Canadian Government Announces New Regulations to Allow Kitimat LNG Project to Proceed
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Government Announces New Regulations to Allow Kitimat LNG Project to Proceed
Canada’s Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, John Duncan, announced today the approval of new regulations that will allow the proposed Kitimat LNG export facility on the Haisla Nation’s Bees Indian Reserve No. 6 to proceed. In addition to the new regulations, the Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia and Haisla Nation have also signed a...