City Council Discusses Strategy for Continued Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on City Council Discusses Strategy for Continued Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
The City Council of Fall River, Mass., met last night to discuss strategy for continued opposition to the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal proposal. The Herald News reports that one city official suggested pursuing a “more selective litigation strategy,” as a means to keep costs...
Company Officials Provide Status Updates on Three Delayed LNG Terminals
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Company Officials Provide Status Updates on Three Delayed LNG Terminals
The Corpus Christi Caller (Texas) reports that officials from the firms developing three approved LNG terminals offered status updates on their respective projects: Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi LNG; Occidental Energy Ventures’ Ingleside LNG; and 4Gas’ Vista Del Sol LNG. The company representatives cited elevated construction costs and global market conditions as...
Editorial: Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port a Positive Development
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port a Positive Development
An editorial carried by the Newburyport Daily News (Mass.) reports that the reaction to Excelerate Energy’s newly operational Northeast Gateway LNG deepwater port has been generally...
FERC Offers Comments on Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Offers Comments on Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Yesterday FERC made public a letter it filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding Weaver’s Cove Energy’s proposed LNG import project. Specifically, the letter expresses FERC’s continued support for the project and states that “the Commission continues to believe that the project is required in the public interest to develop the nation’s energy...
LNG Opposition Group Endorses Ban on LNG Vessel Traffic Around Texada Island
Posted on May 27, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Opposition Group Endorses Ban on LNG Vessel Traffic Around Texada Island
Texada Action Now, a group opposed to the WestPac LNG import project, has endorsed a resolution proposed by the Powell River Regional District that “bans the passage of LNG tankers in inland waters in the Malaspina and Georgia Straits,” according to the Victoria Times Colonist. The Powell River Regional District meeting agenda containing the full text of the resolution can...
Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove LNG Suit
Posted on May 27, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove LNG Suit
According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General responded to the suit recently filed by Weaver’s Cove Energy by saying that Massachusetts has 20 days to reply and called the suit a “new attempt to avoid state environmental review.” The statement goes on to note that the attorney general’s office “will...