Local Officials Continue Efforts Opposing Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Oct 26, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Officials Continue Efforts Opposing Weaver’s Cove
Fall River, Mass., Mayor Edward Lambert Jr. and other city officials met yesterday to discuss plans to continue opposing the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal. Despite a recent decision by the U.S. Coast Guard to reject the project’s proposed LNG tanker route, Mayor Lambert told the Fall River Herald News, “The intention is to go at this with the same perspective and...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Longstanding Border Grievances Between Delaware and New Jersey
Posted on Oct 17, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Longstanding Border Grievances Between Delaware and New Jersey
The New York Times outlines the history of the longstanding border controversy between Delaware and New Jersey in the context of their dispute over the proposed Crown Landing LNG regasification...
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Crown Landing Jurisdictional Dispute
Posted on Oct 16, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Crown Landing Jurisdictional Dispute
On November 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the jurisdictional dispute between Delaware and New Jersey involving the construction of the Crown Landing LNG terminal. The Court will decide whether to accept the findings of Special Master Ralph Lancaster, which state that Delaware can regulate structures in the Delaware River up to the shoreline in southern New...
Local Environmental Group Halts Effort to Stop Gas Pipeline
Posted on Oct 15, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Local Environmental Group Halts Effort to Stop Gas Pipeline
Friends of Rockwood Park, a New Brunswick environmental group, has withdrawn its lawsuit against the Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) and pipeline project developers Emera and Repsol following the Federal Court of Appeal’s refusal to overturn a decision that will allow Emera and Repsol to build a natural gas pipeline connecting the Canaport LNG import terminal with the...
Baltimore County Responds to AES on Sparrows Point LNG Appeal
Posted on Oct 10, 2007 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Baltimore County Responds to AES on Sparrows Point LNG Appeal
The Daily Record (Md.) reports that Baltimore County has responded to an appeal by Sparrows Point developer AES in federal court, saying that the company has appealed its law blocking the LNG facility prematurely. The County stated that regulatory agencies, including FERC, are still reviewing the...
Delaware Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Special Master’s Decision on Crown Landing Dispute
Posted on Oct 2, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Delaware Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Special Master’s Decision on Crown Landing Dispute
The Gloucester County Times reports that attorneys for the State of Delaware filed a brief requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the findings of the Court-appointed Special Master in a jurisdictional dispute between Delaware and New Jersey. The dispute centers on the location of a 1,900-foot pier for the proposed Crown Landing LNG...